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Re:Abstract Algebra (2016) [pdf] by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @11:56AM (#13868588)
Yes, a finite ring.

There are languages that overflow from hardware integers into some kind of BigNum automatically. Those languages are not finite rings. (Well, OK, they're finite in the sense that eventually the memory space will be exhausted...)

Re:Abstract Algebra (2016) [pdf] by umanwizard on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @04:34PM (#13879526)
yep, but they're still rings :)