Steve Wampler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skribis: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Steve Wampler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skribis: > >> That's essentially a Goedel numbering scheme. It's clever. It could > >> generate > >> large numbers if the input has long phrases (especially with lots of > >> letters > >> near the end of the alphabet!) I don't know if there's a performance > >> advantage > >> over using the letters themselves to form the signature or not. > > > > The strings are equivalent to base-256 so you could easily convert > > them to integers—especially if Icon had EQUIVALENCE statements! > > Right - but why?
The goal is to use any excuse to make Icon more like Fortran. :) -- Barry.SCHWARTZ ĉe chemoelectric punkto org http://chemoelectric.org Free stuff / Senpagaj varoj: http://crudfactory.com 'Democracies don't war; democracies are peaceful countries.' - Bush (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051219-2.html)
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