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On Nov 6, 5:00=A0am, Georg Bauhaus <rm-host.bauh...@maps.futureapps.de>
wrote:
> On 11/6/10 8:12 AM, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>
> > Hmm, I would expect you arguing for
>
> > =A0 =A0 function "/" (Dividend : T; Divisor : T) return T;
>
> > For commutative operations like "+" it becomes a bit difficult:
>
> You aren't suggesting the computer-"+" is a commutative
> operation, are you?

Excepting floating point numbers; addition is commutative, isn't it?

But things get 'interesting' when they become non-commutative, like
'*' regarding matrices.