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Re: Identity of values in Javascript

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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.
>
> If you don't believe me, consider a square with one corner at coordinates
> (3, 7) using a Cartesian coordinate system. What are the coordinates of the
> other three corners?
>

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

And he seems to be confused with Confucius...


-- 
Joao Rodrigues

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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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