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Subject: Re: _Type vs no _Type
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:58:14 +0100
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Le Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:52:58 +0100, Shark8 <onewingedshark@gmail.com> a =
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=C3=A9crit:

> On Nov 6, 5:00 am, 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
>>
>> >     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?

I would welcome an example here. Does not mean I do not believe that (I =
 =

know floating points easily leads to trouble), just that I would like to=
  =

understand, as I always though even with floating points, the addition i=
s  =

commutative.

What kind of addition algorithm can end into a none-commutative addition=
 ?

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