Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 10/25/07 21:38

"Michael Fesser" <netizen@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> .oO(Sanders Kaufman)

>>>>Because an algorithm is not a string.
>>>
>>> Of course it is.
>>
>>Congratulations.
>>That's the dumbest thing said in comp.lang.php - EVER.
>
> Tell me why these:
>
> "Add the two variables x and y."
> "<php $result = $x + $y;?>"
>
> are either no strings or don't describe the algo.

It's odd - how you start by arguing that the string IS the algoritm.
And END by arguing that it simply *represents* the algorithm.
If you can't see the contradiction there - nothing I can type here will
leave you better informed.


>>> Even the compiled binary code can be considered a string.
>>
>>And that's a close second.
>
> What is a string?

A bunch of characters, of course.
Any *honest* programmer can tell you that.


> In other words: Where's the difference between Shakespeare and a PHP
> script?

What an awkwardly complex way of avoiding the simple definition THAT was.

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