Posted by Michael Fesser on 10/25/07 22:49

..oO(Sanders Kaufman)

>"Michael Fesser" <netizen@gmx.de> wrote
>
>> 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.

Hairsplitting. You didn't answer my question. You still refuse to answer
this simple question: Why are a hundred monkeys with typewriters able to
write a complex drama, but not a simple password encryption algorithm?

>> What is a string?
>
>A bunch of characters, of course.

That's _exactly_ what I said.

>Any *honest* programmer can tell you that.

_You_ didn't tell me.

>> 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.

Again - you didn't answer the question, even if it was as simple as
possible.

Micha

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