Re: The naive test for equality
From: Paul <paul_at_test.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:03:14 +0100
Message-ID: <42ef9948$0$24030$ed2619ec_at_ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net>
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:03:14 +0100
Message-ID: <42ef9948$0$24030$ed2619ec_at_ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net>
Marshall Spight wrote:
> Sure. Specifically, it's an equivalence relation. Let's distinguish
> between the equality relation specifically and equivalence relations
> in general. Equality is a much simpler thing.
Is it, though? We think about 1/2 = 2/4 fine even though they have different representations. Maybe you mean "identity", often shown using a variant of the equals sign with three lines instead of two?
Paul. Received on Tue Aug 02 2005 - 18:03:14 CEST