On 29 Oct 2002 at 22:29, Larry Wall wrote:
> Of course, Real Mathematicians will want [1..10) and (1..10] instead.
That seems familiar, I like it ;)
> There's also an issue of what (1..10) - 1 would or should mean, if
> anything. Does it mean (1..9)? Does 1 + (1..10) mean (2..10)?
>
> And what would ('a' .. 'z') - 1 mean?
If we are going to do math with ranges, we definitely need non-
discreet ranges also. Or at least make sure it's easy enough to
implement as a class.
(1.9 .. 2.1) + (5..7) * (72.49 .. 72.51);
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