Decimals and other numbers

Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Fri Jan 9 06:03:39 EST 2015


Marko Rauhamaa wrote:

> Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info>:
> 
>> mathematicians with a pragmatic bent
> 
> You shouldn't call engineers and scientists mathematicians ("with a
> pragmatic bent"). Rigor is an absolute requirement for any mathematics.

I wasn't referring to engineers, scientists, short-order cooks or cat walk
models. I was referring to mathematicians.

Mathematicians with a pragmatic bent. Or to put it another way, the
intersection between the set of pragmatic people and the set of
mathematicians.




-- 
Steven




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