“True, it returns ' ' for false, but ' ' is an even more interesting number than 0.”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199707300650.XAA05515@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
Anyway, he hasn't called.
Live and Laughing (2008)
“True, it returns ' ' for false, but ' ' is an even more interesting number than 0.”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199707300650.XAA05515@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“I'm sure a mathematician would claim that 0 and 1 are both very interesting numbers.”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199707300650.XAA05515@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932) Italian mathematician
As expressed in Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science (2003) by Peter Atkins, Ch. 10 "Arithmetic : The Limits of Reason", p. 333
Peano axioms
Context: 1. 0 is a number.
2. The immediate successor of a number is also a number.
3. 0 is not the immediate successor of any number.
4. No two numbers have the same immediate successor.
5. Any property belonging to 0 and to the immediate successor of any number that also has that property belongs to all numbers.
Jack Buck (1924–2002) American sportscaster
Calling the final out of the 1987 National League Championship Series as the Cardinals advanced to the 1987 World Series.
1980s
Alan Turing Computable Numbers
On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem (1936)
Morris Kline (1908–1992) American mathematician
Source: Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times (1972), p. 253.
Jack Buck (1924–2002) American sportscaster
Calling the final out of Bob Gibson's 1971 no-hitter. Gibson struck out Willie Stargell to secure the only no-hitter of his legendary career.
1970s