Re: All hail Neo!

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 26 Apr 2006 17:00:34 -0700
Message-ID: <1146096034.249416.182880@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>

Bob Badour wrote:
> Marshall Spight wrote:
>
> > mAsterdam wrote:
> >
> >>This is irrevant to the question.
> >
> > Indeed. The basic equation isn't sound, and there's no
> > getting around that.
> >
> > Start with a language L. Add feature F to get language L'.
> > L' is less expressive that language L. Solve for F.
> >
> > For all L: result is the empty set.
> >
> > (Note that I do not say "null.")
>
> You have a faulty assumption. You assume that feature F has no effect on
> the set of existing features of L. The assumption is false, as is your
> conclusion.

Which part of "add" are you having trouble with?

Marshall Received on Wed Apr 26 2006 - 19:00:34 CDT