[Edu-sig] creating an interface vs. using one

[Arthur]

kirby urner wrote:

>On 9/23/06, Michel Paul <mpaul at bhusd.k12.ca.us> wrote:
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>>he only syntax required other than Algebra is "def" and "return".
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>Here I'd part company a bit and point out that "algebra" is not so
>nailed down as a namespace that we can't consider "def" and "return"
>excluded.
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We might all take the opportunity to pontificate with respect to our own 
particular visions, down to every detail.

Mine is one where the significance of the relationship of the 
circumference of a circle to its diameter is taught and understood in PI 
squared different ways, including - importantly -  as history. The 
calculation to x digits being the least important or interesting - 
something a mere machine can accomplish with a little help.

But such a discussion is perhaps not exactly to the point right here and 
now.

no further reading required.

Art