Re: database systems and organizational intelligence
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 17:34:29 +0300
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"Alfredo Novoa" <alfredo_at_ncs.es> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 27 May 2004 14:36:44 +0300, "x" <x-false_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >OK.
> >As you have seen, your statement that "Everybody knows" is not true.
>
> Indeed, I was too optimist.
I had a revelation :-)
Data consists of "pointers" to the outside of the computer.
Code consists of "pointers" to the inside of the computer.
Unless the data is about the inside of the computer ...
> >A code is a set of rules (of behavior, of encoding) but is also used to
> >denote the result of encoding.
>
> No, it is not a set of rules, it is a sequence of instructions.
A sequence of keystrokes can be seen as a sequence of instructions. So data entry must be coding ...
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