On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 06:23:52PM -0400, Alfie Costa wrote: > Mr. A. Suffield says: > > >> The constitution is in prose, and because prose is different from > >> math, ts norms and standards are different. Sometimes very > >> different. > > >Which is why we discuss numbers using mathematical terminology, as is > >standard for technical prose. > > Is a constitution technical prose now?
What else do you expect it to be? The only other practical form is legal. > >> Integer has more than one meaning > > >Only if you're an idiot. Integer has precisely one meaning, and it is > >a synonym of "whole number". The set of integers is the union of the > >set of natural numbers and the set composed by subtracting every > >natural number from zero. > > What you're doing is redefining an old word in terms of a newer more You are wrong. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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