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EchoReaper is online. EchoReaper
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28 Nov 2013 07:13 PM
Do you get annoyed because the math library is called math instead of maths?

One of my European friends always gets into arguments with me on whether "math" or "maths" is correct, so I couldn't help but wonder how annoying it might get when you have to put something such as "rand = math.random(1,5)" instead of "rand = maths.random(1,5)".
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BlueTaslem is not online. BlueTaslem
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28 Nov 2013 07:18 PM
Math makes more sense anyway. Mathematics isn't plural, it's uncountable. And "math" is easier to say. In addition, it's shorter. There really is not reason to complain.
Especially not on an American holiday, which is what I expected this to be about.

Besides, if this is really that much of a problem,

local maths,math = math,nil;
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EchoReaper is online. EchoReaper
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28 Nov 2013 07:20 PM
I never said that I thought maths was right. I know it's incorrect. I was just wondering if non-Americans were annoyed by it.

Also, just because you can get around it doesn't mean you wouldn't be annoyed by it. Example: In Python, booleans take capital False and capital True. I can get around this by putting false = False and true = True in my code whenever I need to use booleans, but that doesn't mean I'm not annoyed by it.
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cntkillme is not online. cntkillme
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28 Nov 2013 07:22 PM
You mean False = false and True = true?
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Jetta765214 is not online. Jetta765214
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28 Nov 2013 07:23 PM
@cnt, no in python the values are True and False. It's annoying to capitalize it every time, it is annoying.

So he did mean:

false,true = False,True
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TheNickmaster21 is not online. TheNickmaster21
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28 Nov 2013 07:25 PM
I never get annoyed by it. I don't even remember the last time I said maths or wrote maths out and I'm American.
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cntkillme is not online. cntkillme
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28 Nov 2013 07:29 PM
Oops, I though you were doing that as if to make Lua's true = True
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xSIXx is not online. xSIXx
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28 Nov 2013 07:45 PM
maths = math
print(maths.random())

omg
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EchoReaper is online. EchoReaper
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28 Nov 2013 09:10 PM
"Also, just because you can get around it doesn't mean you wouldn't be annoyed by it. Example: In Python, booleans take capital False and capital True. I can get around this by putting false = False and true = True in my code whenever I need to use booleans, but that doesn't mean I'm not annoyed by it. "
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Aetherknight is not online. Aetherknight
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29 Nov 2013 02:14 AM
Considering I do programming in American English, no.
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flatline115 is not online. flatline115
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29 Nov 2013 02:56 AM
Well if it truly did annoy them they can easily solve it by doing;

maths = math
print(maths.random(), maths.rad(1))

Works just the same so.
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triston220 is not online. triston220
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29 Nov 2013 11:46 AM
Not too much, and it does reduce the amount I actually have to type.
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OneTrueGodTheHolyCow is not online. OneTrueGodTheHolyCow
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29 Nov 2013 12:41 PM
american english > english english

and this is coming from an english guy

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OneTrueGodTheHolyCow is not online. OneTrueGodTheHolyCow
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29 Nov 2013 12:43 PM
when there were dinosaurs and it was black and white and stuff, england mixed its version of english with french for some stupid reason, which made it even worse than it already is, meanwhile in the USA they kept it the same :D
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Tenal is not online. Tenal
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29 Nov 2013 01:15 PM
"maths" is unbelievably hard to pronounce
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MettaurSp is not online. MettaurSp
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29 Nov 2013 01:18 PM
How tenal? The transition from "th" to "s"? It isn't that hard for me o3o
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Tenal is not online. Tenal
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29 Nov 2013 01:24 PM
the lack of vowel between th and s
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cntkillme is not online. cntkillme
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29 Nov 2013 01:51 PM
maths is pretty disgusting to say, like ghosts
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129K is not online. 129K
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29 Nov 2013 02:22 PM
no
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chickenman158 is not online. chickenman158
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29 Nov 2013 09:47 PM
Canadian English > American English.

You get the best of both worlds, and an excuse to use both ways.
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XX050 is not online. XX050
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30 Nov 2013 04:43 AM
'american english > english english'
'Canadian English > American English.'

All types of English are roughly the same. There are no things such as 'American English' or 'Canadian English' because that does not make sense. Canadian English is not better than American English or English. English is original therefore you cannot compare it.
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Alkan is not online. Alkan
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30 Nov 2013 09:37 AM
i totally confused 'math' and 'matematicas' all the time
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