Decimals and other numbers

Fri Jan 9 06:03:39 EST 2015

Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info>:
>>> mathematicians with a pragmatic bent
>> You shouldn't call engineers and scientists mathematicians ("with a
> pragmatic bent"). Rigor is an absolute requirement for any mathematics.

I wasn't referring to engineers, scientists, short-order cooks or cat walk
models. I was referring to mathematicians.
Mathematicians with a pragmatic bent. Or to put it another way, the
intersection between the set of pragmatic people and the set of
mathematicians.
-- 
Steven