Re: One for the programmers or maths/logic geeks

On May 19, 5:45 pm, John Hatpin
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> wrote:
> Your options for storing data compactly are
> limited too; for example, the smallest numeric data type is a 32-bit
> signed integer, and there are no built-in methods of converting bases.

What does converting bases have to do with storing data compactly?

Getting back to  the topic, for something simple like filling in a
rectangle, you could use the "binary array" technique.  Multiplying or
****fting would be needed, and masking, too, but otherwise the
arithmetic is simple even without base conversion.

BTW, how would an AI be done?  If you wanted a butler, say, in your
castle, would you have to hire someone, or is there an alternate way
of programming smart objects?

> Even more frustratingly, there's no alternative method of storing data
> - no databases, no writing to files, nothing.  You can read (text)
> data all right, just not perform any kind of write operation. Amazing,
> huh?

Well, how much does a rock or a tent want to write?

/dps