Roman Finger Counting

Re:Roman Finger Counting by captn3m0 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @07:48PM (#23187172)

I grew up counting the segments on each hand, twice. But the 2 segments of the thumb are also included (you use the index to point at the thumb).

Total comes up to a much-shorter 14x2 = 28 though.

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Re:Roman Finger Counting by thanatropism on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:35PM (#23188599)

Sum types versus product types.

You’re doing

     data Number = Left Segment | Right Segment

but

     data Number = BothHands Segment Segment

is possible.

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Re:Roman Finger Counting by cannabis_sam on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:41AM (#23190423)

I just love how this illustrates the names sum and product types.

    permutations(sum of Segment) == permutations(Segment) + permutations(Segment)

vs.

    permutations(product of Segment) == permutations(Segment) * permutations(Segment)

(Edit: permutations is the wrong term, it should be cardinality or a non-mathematical concept like some colloquial concept of “variations” )

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Re:Roman Finger Counting by majewsky on Friday May 15, 2020 @06:20AM (#23190592)

I don't think "permutations" is the right word. You probably want "cardinality".

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Re:Roman Finger Counting by cannabis_sam on Friday May 15, 2020 @06:43AM (#23190682)

You are right, I was thinking more from a programmers practical perspective and started with the word «varations» and changed it to «permutations» without thinking it through.

Thanks for the correction!

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