Posted by mbstevens on 07/06/05 06:56

Leif K-Brooks wrote:
> mbstevens wrote:
>
>>Toby Inkster wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Well, it's impossible to have an infinite amount, as you would run out of
>>>disk space. Thus you must have a finite amount, ..........
>>
>>Time to re-impliment the CSS parser to use streams? ;)
>
>
> An arbitrary number can be used with streams, but an infinite number can
> not be used. You may be able to use 10**googolplex IDs, but that's still
> finite.


Integers are known to be infinite because we understand how any
arbetrary integer can be generated from the previous one.

We also understand how to do this with members of streams, as streams
are theoretically concieved. Time, computer resources, and doggedness
have nothing to do with it. ;)
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