Re: Will Boeing Use Ada To Build $9 Bln Network For Teledesic?

["Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93" <condicma@PWFL.COM>]

>Mark & Zurima McKinney <mckmark@US.NET>
>Robert Munck wrote:
>> Come on! Everybody knows that the source code is compiled into
>> binary object code, and that the important thing is to maximize the
>> number of 0's because they weight much less than 1's.
>>
>No MAybe they're going to use some interpreted 4gl thingy :-)
>
    But consider the fact that while the zeros are of lower mass, the
    ones can be packed much closer together because they take up less
    space. Hence you can put more of them into a smaller memory chip,
    thus saving all the weight of packaging.

    MDC
Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer    ATT:        561.796.8997
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