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Re: Can math.atan2 return INF?

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On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 23:29:41 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody
<rustompmody@gmail.com> declaimed the following:

>On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 11:54:54 AM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>> Lawrence D’Oliveiro :
>> > Every time somebody tries to point to an example of a “topic that is
>> > beyond the reach of science”, it seems to get knocked over eventually.
>> 
>> Of course, an experiment trumps theory, always.
>
>The scholastics would call the question: "How many angels can dance on a pin"
>a 'thought-experiment'

	And before one can answer that, one must first answer:

Do angels even dance?
Are we talking a small-head sewing pin, or a large ball-headed map pin?
And is there a limit on how small an angel can compress itself (the old
testament angels tend to appear as large "beings", whilst the new testament
has them mostly human sized)
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