On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 4:31 AM Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen <
[email protected]> wrote:

You seem to equate number objects with symbols whose printed name is
> the written representation of the number object.  This is a natural
> mapping at best.


That suggests that unnatural mappings are superior to natural ones.  I
don't think so.  If anything, the use of ":" is arbitrary.  It could just
as well have been $ or * or most other symbolic characters.

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