Re: By The Dawn's Normal Light

From: Gene Wirchenko <genew_at_mail.ocis.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:01:56 -0700
Message-ID: <1rjon05nkc2t198hlc8vmfd8vf2no3pbhi_at_4ax.com>


"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote:

[snip]

>Consider this list of characters: "john obeys army"
>
>Does the character 'o' follow the character 'n'? The question is meaningless,
>because I haven't said which 'o'. If we treat the above as a set, the *index*
>is the key, not the characters.
>
>If this were an ordered set, we would have a boolean function (alternatively,
>a relation) 'less than' (or, in the case of a partially ordered set, 'less than
>or incomparable') that would tell us whether element A preceeds element
>B. The no-loops property would follow from the definition of the function,
>which would have to be transitive.
>
>I haven't covered all the ground yet but I'm starting to bore myself.

      Neo?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.
Received on Mon Oct 25 2004 - 03:01:56 CEST

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