From: Hans Aberg (haberg@math.su.se)
Date: Sun Apr 12 2009 - 02:18:34 CDT
On 11 Apr 2009, at 23:54, Doug Ewell wrote:
> "Analogous." Flutes and musical instruments are not mathematical or
> computer concepts. The common definition of a flute, however, is
> that it is a particular type of musical instrument.
>
> Let me try a different approach. What do you believe is the
> difference between an ASCII "A" and a Unicode "A" -- not the bitwise
> representations permitted by ASCII and Unicode respectively, but the
> characters themselves?
What do you think is the difference between the Australian Euro and
the European Euro -- not the difference that one is a type of Kangaroo
and the other a currency unit?
Hans
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