From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,99e73f65ea2533b9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool4.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Subject: Re: and then... (a curiosity) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de Organization: cbb software GmbH References: <18b41828-bda4-4484-8884-ad62ce1c831d@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> <57qdnfULQ9tzKCHVnZ2dnUVZ_tHinZ2d@comcast.com> <48bd0003$1@news.post.ch> <48bf90bf$0$30032$dbd4d001@news.euronet.nl> <1tm4gzcy6psv7$.xon8yk0ehqlf.dlg@40tude.net> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 22:17:57 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Date: 04 Sep 2008 22:18:00 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: c7144fe0.newsspool3.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=BD7iNcMG]Z7T2Rfi6\BH3Y20Ldi0lU:YB8DNcfSJ;bb[5IRnRBaCdfFoIMmcR229mLhK9T1Pe<9 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1927 Date: 2008-09-04T22:18:00+02:00 List-Id: On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 21:31:21 +0200, stefan-lucks@see-the.signature wrote: > On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > >> "X/0 > 100 = T" means that neither is possible (contradiction). This >> "contradiction" is closer to an intuitive understanding of X/0 > 100, yet >> it is not the standard mathematical meaning of, which is that X/0 > 100 is >> not a formula at all. > > Well, "X/=0 and Y/X<100" is a common notation with a well-defined meaning, > even for X=0 (false, of course). On the other hand an isolated "Y/X<100" > only has a well-defined meaning if X/=0. Hmm, in the texts I can still remember comma was used instead of /\: X /= 0, Y/X < 100 (when a set of pairs (X,Y) is specified) A, A => B -------------- (inference rule) B -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de