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It would be odd to call ANY of these sequences "wrong" in |
It would be odd to call ANY of these sequences "wrong" in Raku. Raku specifically has built in capability of working with infinite sequences. Just because a sequence is infinite, doesn't mean you can't define it, work with it or use values from it. Sure, if you try to reify the whole thing you may be waiting a while, but there is nothing preventing you from using a portion of it. |
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Raku sequence definitions ''specifically'' allow "ending points" that may never occur in the sequence. Since that is the case, you don't even really '''need''' to specify a stop value. You can just say stop at "whatever". Whatever is spelled "'''*'''" in Raku. |
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There is additional syntax you can add to stop at the nearest value, last value previous or first value successor to the "stop value" (Note I didn't say less than or greater than the stop value since the sequence can be ascending, descending or non-monotonic). |
There is additional syntax you can add to stop at the nearest value, last value previous or first value successor to the "stop value" (Note I didn't say less than or greater than the stop value since the sequence can be ascending, descending or non-monotonic). |
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