[Python-Dev] (Don't Read If You're Busy With 2.1b2) "Rich" Comparisons?

[Paul Prescod]

Tim Peters wrote:
> 
> [Moshe]
> > The mathematical definition for max() I learned in Calculus 101 was
> > "the smallest element which is > then all arguments"
> 
> Then I guess American and Dutch calculus are different.  Assuming you meant
> to type >=, that's the definition of what we called the "least upper bound"
> (or "lub") or "supremum" (or "sup"); and what I suppose you call "min" we
> called "greatest lower bound" (or "glb") or "infimum".  

As long as we're shooting the shit on a Friday afternoon...

http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~read/TI86/maxmin.html
http://www.math.com/tables/derivatives/extrema.htm

Look at that domain name. Are you going to argue with that??? A
corporation dedicated to mathematics?

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