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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: More complex numbers than reals?
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:04:13 +0100
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Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:

> On 2024-07-08, Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
>> "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Are there "more" complex numbers than reals?
>>
>> If you ask this in an appropriate group (sci.math?) I'll answer.  Can
>> you really think this is topical in comp.lang.c?
>
> It can be. There are clearly more complex doubles than
> there are doubles.

Oh come on.  If the question was about C representations, why did Chris
put "more" in scare quotes?  It's disingenuous to answer as if that was
the intent without first asking what Christ meant by "more" (rather than
just more).

-- 
Ben.