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At 01:00 PM 12/4/2002 -0500, John Cowan wrote: >Jonathan Robie scripsit: > > > I still don't understand this point. Could someone please illustrate with > > an example that uses several kinds of software processing data that uses > > datatypes, and showing how the presence of datatypes in that data prevents > > it from being used except in "specific tools, environments, and > situations"? > >It isn't the mere presence of datatype meta-information, of course. It's the >implicit requirement not to use the information in ways that contravene the >datatype. But all data has a lexical representation, whether or not it also has a data type. I still do not understand why the presence of a data type makes it harder to take advantage of the lexical representation. I know that a lot of people on this list believe that it does - and vehemently believe that it does. I would still like to see some examples that illustrate the alleged problem, preferably with real code and angle brackets. I need a more concrete understanding of what is actually being said. Jonathan
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