On Sun, 8 Jun 1997, Mike wrote:

> One must *always* consider that there can be more than one solution.
> So therefore *nver* say 'a_well_defined..' - if you did then you would
> be accepting a lesser "definition", there may in fact be more than 2
> possible solutions to sqrt(x) - but then, I only dabble in the philosophy
> of Artificial Intelligence when not Engineering ;)

Well, "well-defined" here means to rule out the possibility of ambiguity,
making the "lesser" definition actually a "stronger" one.

Also, note that there is a difference between 2 as
- _the_ (result) value of sqrt(4) and
- _a_ solution of x^2 = 4

> Cheers (clink)

Cheers, I already noticed that Australians make pretty good wine, so I
hope you don't spill any more.

Friendly greetings from Nuenen in The Netherlands