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- From: Andre Costa <brblueser AT uol.com.br>
- To: "TDS Development Group" <freetds AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
- Cc: camber AT ais.org
- Subject: [OT] Re: Coding style digression
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 14:46:16 -0300
On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:13:37 -0400
"Brian Bruns" <camber AT ais.org> wrote:
> Let me explain...The Alabama state senate a few years ago passed a law
> that pi was equal to exactly 3 because of a passage in the bible about
> something being 30 cubits around and 10 cubits wide and a perfect
> circle. Needless to say Alabama was the butt of a great many jokes among
> engineering and mathmatics circles (pun not intended ;-)
You've *GOT TO* be kidding!! 8)
... maybe next thing will be banning irrational numbers because they have
too many decimal places ;)
Best,
Andre
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[OT] Re: Coding style digression,
Andre Costa, 06/14/2002
- Re: [OT] Re: Coding style digression, Brian Bruns, 06/14/2002
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