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DaWei · Jul 3rd, 2006, 9:10 AM

I don't speak binary, but I write it and do arithmetic and logic in it. Even before the days of the microprocessor. Perhaps that's why I'm not so recalcitrantly averse to the use of the term for the 1s and 0s that get applied to gate and clock inputs. The writers of the assembly language manuals almost universally use binary digits, rather than true/false or on/off to illustrate the meanings of the various bits and bit clusters in an opcode. Just sayin'.

Jul 3rd, 2006, 9:10 AM	#12
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	I don't speak binary, but I write it and do arithmetic and logic in it. Even before the days of the microprocessor. Perhaps that's why I'm not so recalcitrantly averse to the use of the term for the 1s and 0s that get applied to gate and clock inputs. The writers of the assembly language manuals almost universally use binary digits, rather than true/false or on/off to illustrate the meanings of the various bits and bit clusters in an opcode. Just sayin'. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers