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Re: Identity of values in Javascript

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Joao Rodrigues wrote:

> On 27/05/15 10:40, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 May 2015 02:31 am, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>>    “I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn,
>>>     nor arouse those who are not anxious
>>>     to give an explanation themselves.
>>>     If I have presented one corner of the square
>>>     and they cannot come back to me with the other three,
>>>     I should not go over the points again.”
>>
>> You cannot uniquely specify a square given only one corner -- there is no
>> way you can give the right answer except by luck. […]

You need to read between the lines.  Confucius (551–479 BCE; latinized form 
of Pidgin “Kong Fuzi”) did not teach mathematics.

> Apparently, Thomas copied and pasted a citation in the introduction of
> the 'Eloquent JavaScript':
> <http://eloquentjavascript.net/00_intro.html>

I did not.  You are the one promoting bad books and dubious Web resources, 
remember?
 
> And he seems to be confused with Confucius...

Yes, that only seems to be so.  The above saying is from Confucius as 
quoted, e.g., in “Confucius and Socrates – Teaching Wisdom” by Sanderson 
Beck:

<http://www.san.beck.org/CONFUCIUS3-How.html>

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Identity of values in Javascript Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-22 22:47 +1000
  Re: Identity of values in Javascript Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-22 19:17 +0100
    Re: Identity of values in Javascript Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-23 05:02 +1000
      Re: Identity of values in Javascript Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-23 05:25 +1000
      Re: Identity of values in Javascript "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-05-22 23:51 +0200
      Re: Identity of values in Javascript Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-23 00:24 +0100
        Re: Identity of values in Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-23 09:35 +0200
          Re: Identity of values in Javascript Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-23 23:04 +1000
        Re: Identity of values in Javascript "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-05-23 22:27 +0200
          Re: Identity of values in Javascript Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-25 01:58 +1000
        Re: Identity of values in Javascript Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-25 02:12 +1000
          Re: Identity of values in Javascript Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-24 23:33 +0100
            Re: Identity of values in Javascript Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-25 21:47 +1000
              Re: Identity of values in Javascript Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-26 00:10 +0100
                Re: Identity of values in Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-26 17:34 +0200
                Re: Identity of values in Javascript Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-26 17:03 +0100
                Re: Identity of values in Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-26 18:31 +0200
                Re: Identity of values in Javascript Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-27 23:40 +1000
                Re: Identity of values in Javascript Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-05-27 23:21 -0300
                Re: Identity of values in Javascript "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2015-05-27 19:32 -0700
                Re: Identity of values in Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-28 22:38 +0200
                Re: Identity of values in Javascript Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2015-05-26 09:06 -0700
                Re: Identity of values in Javascript Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-27 23:02 +1000
    Re: Identity of values in Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-23 00:02 +0200
    Re: Identity of values in Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-23 09:19 +0200
  Re: Identity of values in Javascript Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-23 05:20 +1000

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