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[Daniel Gibson]

Am 18.01.2011 01:24, schrieb spir:
> On 01/17/2011 07:57 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
>> IMHO * (multiply) is not good because in theoretical computer science
>> multiply is used to concatenate two words and thus concatenating a word
>> with itself n times is word^n (pow(word, n) in mathematical terms).
>
> Weird. Excuse my ignorance, but how can multiply even mean concat? How is this
> written concretely (example welcome)? Do theoretical computer science people
> find this syntax a Good Thing?
>
> Denis
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Dunno, I'm not a theoretical computer science person, but everyone who has 
studied computer science and hasn't completely  forgotten the theoretical 
classes may be confused if multiply is used for repetition :)

Cheers,
- Daniel