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Re: matching colors (was Stringification, numification, and booleanificationof pairs)

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TSa
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September 26, 2005 12:02
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Re: matching colors (was Stringification, numification, and booleanificationof pairs)
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HaloO,

Yuval Kogman wrote:
> 	if greenish describes the color

Indeed, it sounds like Yoda Speak: "If greenish that color is,
modifying it I will." Same in the German version. I don't know
of hebrew though.

> demonstrates the lack of transitivity in matching...

Sorry, but don't you mean commutativity? Transitivity of relations
requires applying it twice to three values and then concluding it
applies to the unchecked combination as well:

  a ~~ b && b ~~ c  =>  a ~~ c

-- 
$TSa.greeting := "HaloO"; # mind the echo!

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