Re: All hail Neo!
From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:26:45 GMT
Message-ID: <pcx2g.12844$vy1.5237_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
>
> It is interesting. It is the difference between dee and dum, between 1
> and 0, and between true and false.
>
> In that line of thought, here's an interesting question that Date et al
> have posed before to the n-VL folks:
>
> If "exists but empty" is true and "doesn't exist" is false, what is null?
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:26:45 GMT
Message-ID: <pcx2g.12844$vy1.5237_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
Bob Badour wrote:
> David Cressey wrote:
>
>> "mAsterdam" <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote in message >> news:44498707$0$31637$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl... >> >>> Which? You mean between "I don't have a killfile" and "my killfile is >>> empty"? HAHAHAHAHA >> >> In the context of a discussion on actual content, rather than >> etiquette and >> personalities, I find the distinction between "empty" and "doesn't >> exist" >> quite interesting.
>
> It is interesting. It is the difference between dee and dum, between 1
> and 0, and between true and false.
>
> In that line of thought, here's an interesting question that Date et al
> have posed before to the n-VL folks:
>
> If "exists but empty" is true and "doesn't exist" is false, what is null?
Neither and both!
Its paradoxical in 3VL while obvious in 4VL - however the latter FWICT adds no benefit to the truth table.
Cheers, Frank. Received on Sat Apr 22 2006 - 23:26:45 CEST