OT: This Swift thing

Rustom Mody rustompmody at gmail.com
Thu Jun 12 21:59:10 EDT 2014


On Thursday, June 12, 2014 10:48:00 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 3:04 AM, Steven D'Aprano
> > Take three numbers, speeds in this case, s1, s2 and c, with c a strict
> > upper-bound. We can take:
> > s1 < s2 < c
> > without loss of generality. So in this case, we say that s2 is greater
> > than s1:
> > s2 > s1
> > Adding the constant c to both sides does not change the inequality:
> > c + s2 > c + s1

> As long as we accept that this is purely in a mathematical sense.
> Let's not get into the realm of actual speeds greater than c.

You got a keen eye Chris -- didn't notice that!
And captures my point better than my long-winded attempts




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