On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 09:44:31PM +0200, Irrwahn wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 19:41:54 +0100, Rainer Weikusat wrote:
> [...]
> > If you want
> > a mathematical example, picture somone always writing
> >
> > x / (1/n)
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > x * n
>
> Not to undermine your point, just a minor quibble: The example
> is flawed in that above terms are not quite equivalent, as they
> differ in their respective domain of definition.
>

..... not considering the fact that if n happens to be an integer, the
first expression almost always raises a floating point exception
(Division by zero), unless n==1... :)

HND

KatolaZ

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