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This doesn't justify estimation to be equivalent to counting even if some mathematicians consider them to be the same. Floating points are for estimation. Integers are for counting. The two are not the same, not even for large numbers.

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"Equivalent" and "the same" are sometimes equivalent. (Or the same.)

It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is.

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