> And Terry meant that if you think that 1.1 is the same as eleven tenths,
> then you are mistaken.
> The parallel seems perfectly valid to me.
Indeed, it is -- because 11 is not the same as eleven tenths.
Here's proof:
>>> 10 * 11 == 100 * 1.1
0
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