On 13Dec08:1717-0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Sun, 8 Dec 2013 18:01:01 -0500, David L. Craig wrote: > > > >Boolean algebra is a mathematics based upon variables > >that can take on only two possible values. IIRC, the > >Soviets were rumored to have probed the attributes > >of trinary-state computing in the '60s or '70s and > >discontinued the research, but I have not located a > >source to confirm even the rumor. Maybe Lynn Wheeler > >has it in his archives. > > > For a start: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_computer > > GIYF,
GINYF when it doesn't equate trinary with trenary, a term I had forgotten (I'm really trying to avoid turning this thread into a career). At least it wasn't just a rumor. +1 and thanks for causing me to be reminded of Minerva-- perhaps someday Google will attain such capability. -- <not cent from sell> May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave_Craig______________________________________________ "So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe." __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
