Defining a new base-type in Python based off Hexavigesimal

[Devin Jeanpierre]

> Care to translate it into English?
>
> Then translate the English into pseudo-code. And the pseudo-code into
> Python. Then, if and only if the Python version is too slow, translate it
> into C. And now you are done!

Mathematical English is pseudocode. Related: all theorems are also
programs and vice versa.



That said, I don't understand the notation either. What's \mathbb{M}?
What does it mean ti be "in" some natural number n? (Are you using a
set theoretic definition of natural numbers: e.g. x in y iff x <= y ?)

Devin

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:19:31 +1100, Alec Taylor wrote:
>
>> Good evening,
>>
>> I have defined a new numbering structure for certain mathematical
>> advantages.
>>
>> How do I implement this in Python, or would I be better off writing this
>> in C or C++?
>>
>> Ultra concise definition: http://i42.tinypic.com/af7w4h.png
>
> Care to translate it into English?
>
> Then translate the English into pseudo-code. And the pseudo-code into
> Python. Then, if and only if the Python version is too slow, translate it
> into C. And now you are done!
>
>
>
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