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> On May 23, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wro=
te:
>=20
>> On 2016-05-23, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote=
:
>>> I'm not sure where =E2=84=9D comes into this in the first place. Existin=
g
>>> Python numeric types only represent various subsets of =E2=84=9A (in the=
 case
>>> of fractions.Fraction, the entirety of =E2=84=9A).
>>=20
>> And of course I realized after sending that I forgot about complex
>> numbers. But even there Python merely represents 2-tuples of =E2=84=9A.
>=20
> OK, admit it, now you're all just showing off the fact that you know
> how to type in those fancy symbols.

Those symbols are blowing my 8-bit ASCII brain. :)

Chris R.=