Re: Basic set question

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:33:59 -0400, Hanford Carr wrote:
> Dave Seaman wrote:

>> On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:03:04 -0400, Hanford Carr wrote:
>> > agapito6314@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> ... snip
>> > A has two 1's in it. IMHO A is a list not a set.

>> It's stated right up front that A is a set.

> Abe Lincoln once asked his cabinet-- If I call this cow's tail a leg how
> many legs does this cow have? They answered 5 legs. Abe said no it
> doesn't matter what you call the tail it still has four legs.

I think Lincoln's example involved a dog, not a cow, but it looks like
you have made my point for me. Calling a set a list does not make it
one.


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