Re: [boost] Roman numbers

From: Terje Slettebo (tslettebo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-24 03:07:31

>From: "Maciej Sobczak" <maciej_at_[hidden]>

>The mathematics is the same in ancient Rome, in Warsaw and in Tokyo,
>even if the numbers *look* differently.

>I think that the representation of the class should be separate from the
>class. You can achieve this with either separate translator functions
>(see the reply from Volodya) or by wrapping integer into some class:

>int i = ...;
>cout << MyNumber(i);
>
>MyNumber n;
>cin >> n;
>int i = n.get();

How is MyNumber different from a Roman number class? It seems to me that it
does indeed represent Roman numbers.

>Funny thing - I've just went through this discussion with people on my
>univ. The Roman number class was a homework, probably well-intentioned
>but IMHO very misguided.

Regards,

Terje

One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking
zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C
programs. - Robert Firth