From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Epistemology [was: Bit operations in Ada (one's complements and sum)]
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 20:18:51 GMT
Date: 2000-09-09T20:18:51+00:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: 8pchk8$co01k$1@ID-25716.news.cis.dfn.de
In article <8pchk8$co01k$1@ID-25716.news.cis.dfn.de>,
"Nick Roberts" <nickroberts@callnetuk.com> wrote:
> Second, forgive my musing on this subject, but it did just
> flicker across my mind, that a 'bit string' is indeed a kind
> of string, but ... it's also a set, but ... it's also an
> integer, but ... it's also a JPEG picture, but ... well, you
> get the idea. Things are not what they are, are they? Just a
> thought.
Sounds like you have rediscovered the fundamental and important
distinction between storage structures and data structures :-)
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2000-09-08 23:34 Bit operations in Ada (one's complements and sum) ebresie
2000-09-09 0:01 ` Ted Dennison
2000-09-09 5:22 ` Epistemology [was: Bit operations in Ada (one's complements and sum)] Nick Roberts
2000-09-09 20:18 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
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