On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:20:11 +1000, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The >dictionary definition of countless is "too many to count" (Pocket Oxford), >which I suppose could be 11 for some people if they didn't take their >shoes and socks off. Mathematically, any finite integer is able to be >counted, so "countless" is equivalent to "infinite in number". While we're being pedantic, there are many more ways to be "too many to count" than infinity. Counting is a physical process that depends as much on the counter and circumstances of counting as on the number to be counted. DaveM -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
