Re: infinity

Tony Orlow (aeo6) wrote:
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> Yes it does. Say I have 26 letters in my alphabet. I know that the
> longest word in my language is 23 letters long. Then I know, for sure,
> that there cannot be more than 26^23 words in the language.

Of course Tony is wrong. He claims there are at most
350257144982200575261531309080576 words in that language. I claim there
are at most 364267430781488598271992561443798.
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