Code is run more than read

Re:Code is run more than read by omeid2 on Friday December 01, 2023 @02:58AM (#38484312)

Think how any number on the z axis of complex plain isn't equal to the a number of same magnitude, on x and y axis.

Now if you really think about, a number of a given magnitude on x axis also isn't exactly "equal" to a name of same magnitude on y axis or vice versa. Other wise, -5 and 5 should be equal, because they're the same magnitude from 0.

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Re:Code is run more than read by bruce343434 on Friday December 01, 2023 @03:34AM (#38484520)

But |5|=|-5| so I don't exactly see your point.

Edit: oh, I see what you mean. 1 is not larger or smaller than i, but it also doesn't equal i.

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Re:Code is run more than read by ska on Friday December 01, 2023 @03:09PM (#38491605)

This is just imposing an chosen (and in this case, pretty natural) order on a set without total order. But as you note, you have to give something up. In this case the order identifies each number on a circle in the complex plane with a single value, their magnitude.

I've never really seen this notation used, but it could have some use in partially-ordered sets.

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Re:Code is run more than read by omeid2 on Saturday December 02, 2023 @12:59AM (#38496324)

It is formalisms all the way down.

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