tsa thomassandlassbarcocom haloo xavier noria wrote imo include something related infinity need stick particular model forget rest well spoken think model john chosen bit restrictive type notion zero could similar notion infinity side int type twos complement mindset means counting ints increasing order zero going direction inf zero unreachable infinity assume zero inf represented infinite string 0 binary digits one little endian big endian though dont know infinite sequence 0 zero indistinguishable inf 1 indistinguishable inf infinite sequences 1 eg 9 x inf 1 could true comparison doesnt even scratch memory resources temporary hardware mind could eg also define 4 41 conveniently 41 array indexing back forward order perhaps 4 4 indexing front array whatever type also behaving bit like inf represents different numbers different arrays whatever int idx 4 always indexes arrays back behaves like normal 4 special handling required iow sets shift zero note infixwhateverxxwhateverx infixx whateverxx sort noncommutative note default value whatever inf regards tsa unavoidable price reliability simplicity car hoare simplicity precede complexity follows aj perlis 1 2 3 4 112 srinivasa ramanujan thu 07 aug 2008 180146 0200 new article romp infinity