[REBOL] Re: Sameness - an abstract approach.
From: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 14-Feb-2003 15:17
Hi Ladislav,
On Friday, February 14, 2003, 1:15:58 PM, you wrote:
LM> You already may have noticed, that the difference between our
LM> POV's is mainly a terminological problem. You think, that an
LM> integer is what you implement it to be, while the most useful
LM> terminology uses abstractions to hide some implementation
LM> details.
That's fine, but since there's no way to decide if two equal
integers are the same or not (i.e. there are two possible abstract
definitions), I don't see anything wrong in deciding that they are
not the same; there's nothing wrong in deciding that they are the
same either, I just prefer the former because personally find it
more "natural" (i.e. think of the two pieces of paper).
That said, I think there's really no point in continuing to argue
on an arbitrary question like this, I think I have bored all the
people here much enough. :-)
Regards,
Gabriele.
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