[Tutor] Sequence Comparison

Isr Gish isrgish at fusemail.com
Fri Jan 16 00:11:03 EST 2004


-----Original Message-----
   >From: "Gonçalo Rodrigues"<op73418 at mail.telepac.pt>
   >Sent: 1/15/04 6:54:19 AM
   >To: "tutor at python.org"<tutor at python.org>
   >Subject: Re: [Tutor] Sequence Comparison
   >
   >Em Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:33:36 -0500, "Isr Gish" <isrgish at fusemail.com>
   >atirou este peixe aos pinguins:
   >
   >>Magnus Lycka wrote: 
   >>
   >>   >> >>> (1, 2)                 < (1, 2, -1)
   >>   >> True
   >>   >> # i totally didnot understand it
   >>   >
   >>   >Anything is more than nothing... Why is that difficult
   >>   >to understand.
   >>  
   >>I would rather think that -1 which is less then 0 whould be less then nothing.
   >>
   >
   >But 0 is not nothing. It's better than nothing.
   >
   >The better analogy is an empty bag and no bag at all. You can still
   >put your head inside an empty bag and choke to death.
   >
Thanks now I think I understand this.
IOW 0 is counted as a number, while None is not even a number.

Isr Gish




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