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Lester Zick wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:35:05 -0600, Virgil <virgil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >"Let 'squircle' mean " a square circle' " is in the imperative mood.
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> And "a squircle is a square circle" isn't. So what's your point?
I think his "point", such as it is, is just a common confusion between
syntax and semantics. Asserting that a definition is "in the imperative
mood" is unlikely to explain to or persuade anyone open to reason, let
alone to you.
But the following appears to me to be a true statement:
If a squircle is a square circle, then the set of squircles is empty.
(2)
Off you go, then...
Brian Chandler
http://imaginatorium.org
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