Re: [FWP] japhy had a silly idea...

[Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>]

On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 09:53:12PM -0400, Andrew Pimlott <andrew@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net> wrote:
> > and second you have an equally fuzzy notion of what a "match" is against 
> 
> None of abigail's notions are fuzzy; in fact, they are very precise.
[...]
> 
> An infinite string is a map from Z+ (postivite integers) to
> characters.

actually, abigails argument is based on a _very_ different definition of
a "string" (namely uncountable ones), so abigails notations are at least
fuzzy to you.

> > First off, there is *NO* 1-1 such mapping, but that's a math subtlety 
> > that doesn't really matter, obvious to you or not.
> 
> Be assured that Abigail has a firm grasp of such subtlety (and that
> there is such a mapping, which I think you can figure out if you
> haven't already).

Actually, there isn't. At least when using your own definitions ;)

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