From jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU  Sat Mar  6 22:46:39 2010
From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU
Subject:      Re: mo'e
Date: Fri Mar 17 15:12:14 1995
Status: RO
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> >What do you get when you add 'one number' and 'one number'? 'Two numbers' or
> >'one number'? (Please don't answer "yes"  :)
>
> I get "two numbers".  Your arithmetic may vary %^).

That's fine, that agrees with the apples. But that doesn't agree with
{mo'e li ci} being {ci}.

Your use of {mo'e da} as "some number da" is inconsistent. It means
the dimensioned number "at least one of something".

If you add {mo'e li ci} and {mo'e li ci} you get {mo'e re li ci}, and
not {mo'e li xa}.

> Actually, an operand can be an array, or a range so I see no reasson why
> mo'e can only handle 1 number.  The only question is hjow to define
> mathematics based on the "numbers" you create with mo'e.  For most cases
> that are liable to come up in real usage, the ansswer is fairly well defined.

I don't understand that paragraph. {mo'e da} is either "some number x"
or "at least one something". The latter agrees with the apples, the
former with {mo'e li ci} being {ci}. I don't see how we can have both
coexisting together.

Jorge