Date: Jan 2, 2013 4:00 PM
Author: Joe Niederberger
Subject: Re: A Point on Understanding

PT III says:
>If there is something funny here, then Devlin did not write it. 

What is funny is he presents it as some mystery to prove who-knows-what. If you view multiplication as repeated addition on whole numbers say, then the multiplier is essentially a loop counter. Why would anybody confuse a loop-counter with an addend?

Joe N