Re: [jboske] RE: [lojban] djedi li integer

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Jorge Llambias wrote:

>
> la djan cusku di'e
>
> >I read no such implication into 22.0 or for that matter into 21.99999...
> >Both of these are representations of integers simpliciter.
>
> They have the same denotation, but very different connotations.
> "21.9999..." tells me that the number probably is badly
> formatted computer output.
>
> Saying "I have 0.9999... apples in my hand" would be as odd
> in Lojban as it is in English, even if true.



I don't see how it could be true, unless the apple value so precise that
it fluctuates constantly as gas leaves and enters the apple. Even then,
that gives a meaning for many 9s but not an infinitude of them.

Whatever the case, 0.9bar is not 1.0.



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