Dave Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But after getting input from children and teachers, etc, it started > feeling right. > > For example, consider the two statements: > > x = 8 > x = 10 > > The reaction from most math teachers (and kids) was "one of those is > wrong because x can't equal 2 different things at the same time".
This is a common feature in functional languages... Eg Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.6.2 [source] [smp:2] [async-threads:0] [kernel-poll:false] Eshell V5.6.2 (abort with ^G) 1> X = 8. 8 2> X = 10. ** exception error: no match of right hand side value 10 3> That error message is the erlang interpreter saying "Hey I know X is 8, and you've said it is 10 - that can't be right", which is pretty much what math teachers say too... -- Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
