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<num>44</num> The value of the <num> element -- 44 -- represents an integer. How do we know that 44 represents an integer? Because it matches the regex [+-]?[0-9]+ and someone decided that any string matching that regex represents an integer. So 44 is an integer? No, integers are abstract objects and 44 is a physical object. So 44 is not an integer? Precisely. It is a representation of an idealized object. It is a representation of an integer. ............................ The philosophers out there, would you elaborate on this please? /Roger
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