Re: LOGO-L> Language vs Visual

[George Mills <mills@softronix.com>]

Mike Doyle wrote:
> 
> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.970711193105.24931C-100000@mugca.cc.monash.edu.au>-
> 
> Jeff Richardson wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Mike Doyle wrote:
> >
> >> Morse code was the original binary representation system. Based on
> >> Leibniz's articulation of the fact that a minimum of two characters are
> >> required to convey meaning this represents the end point in the
> >> development of passive written communication.
> > This is complete nonsense. Reading and writing with an alphabet made of
> > Morse is plainly and absurdly more difficult than with the regular
> > alphabet.
> > Morse is a code to enable machine transmission of language. Better
> > machines have seen it fall into disuse. Some end point.
> 
> The same might be said of binary representation - of which Turting
> commented that he saw no reason to express programs in any other form.
> 

That's Turing, not Turting. It is also the foundation that MultiMedia
Logic is built on (everything is binary). I hope to add a "Single Bit
Read/Write Tape" device one day so you can try building a "Turing
Machine".

>
> The end point in the development of writing is, as Leibniz noted, a two
> character code. This is not a number system but closer in form to the
> alphabet. It has had various manifestations including Morse code and
> Jaquard. If you look at the first program written (www.cs.man.ac.uk) you
> will see how this writing system is used. (Try replacing the 1 and 0 with
> other characters (I use 0 and Z).)
> 
> Micheal O Duill
> 
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