From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Third Square Root (sqrt3)? Date: 13 Sep 2002 15:17:03 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3240919023488208@naggum.no> References: <3240840918170552@naggum.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1031930223 18439 129.240.64.16 (13 Sep 2002 15:17:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Sep 2002 15:17:03 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:40608 * Bruce Hoult | Erik perhaps could have mentioned that "third root" is also perfectly | acceptable English. No, I could not. /You/ could have mentioned this, which is contrary to an amazing array of reference works, both online and offline. Unless, of course, you refer to something else entierely, such as in "go, go, go!" where the last "go" would be the third root. -- Erik Naggum, Oslo, Norway Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder.