I was referring to Fortran, which distinguished between two types: floats and integers. > The first people that had a stab at it were logicians Yes, I know.

I was referring to Fortran, which distinguished between two types: floats and integers. > The first people that had a stab at it were logicians Yes, I know. The original article pointed that out. > it's just that this work didn't exist when scientists set about to solve this problem. Yes, I know that too. But it exists today and so today there isn't any reason not to avail onesself of that knowledge when engaging in pedagogy. I have no idea what we are actually arguing about here. All my original comment was intended as was to echo the sentiment expressed in the first sentence of the original article, that's all.