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Re: Correlation Lengths of Language Changes

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From: Hubey
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:01
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In article <1993Jan20.211604.7948@cs.sfu.ca> jcalder@cs.sfu.ca (Jo Calder) writes:

> 
> Where, in the real world, are the integers?
> 

It was a joke. A famous mathematician once said that 'God invented
the integers and mankind invented the rest of math.'

Finally integers are everywhere.  History of computation probably
begins with people counting on their fingers then toes :-)..
-- 

	mark	

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Subject: Re: Correlation Lengths of Language Changes
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