And that then let's me get to, basically, base this code. Having done that, height I simply call base with get float, I call height with get float, and do the rest of the work.

现在让我们看看这段代码，其实已经写好了，我简单的调用下，用来得到一个浮点数，再调用下，来得到另外一个浮点数，然后做剩下的工作就可以了。

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We call that a base case. It's basically the simplest possible solution to the problem.

我们说这是一个基础案例,这是这个问题最简单的解决方案。

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But all of you in this room probably remember what we technically call the base 10 system or decimal system because back in grade school or the like, you learned to count and add and subtract numbers by way of columns.

但是，在座的每一位可能都记得,这在小学的时候学的,以10为进制的系统或者十进制系统,通过数列方式学习数数和加减法。

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