Bits.5/4.txt

Why one would use these combinations rather than the symbols is unsure, but they are included for completeness. They could possibly be used to ‘zero’ out parts of equations to come, effectively making a statement or equation a comment by replacing a character, but we’ll see if they are ever useful.

Let’s do some more:

    0    .    0    =>    1
    1    .    0    =>     0
    0    .    1    =>     0
    1    .    1    =>     0

    0    /    0    =>    0
    1    /    0    =>     1
    0    /    1    =>     0
    1    /    1    =>     0

    0    \    0    =>    0
    1    \    0    =>     0
    0    \    1    =>     1
    1    \    1    =>     0

    0    &    0    =>    0
    1    &    0    =>    0
    0    &    1    =>    0
    1    &    1    =>    1

If we continue along this path, we will find that there are 16 distinct operations between 2 bits (4^2, with 4 being the number of combinations that can be made between 2 bits, and 2 being the number of values that a bit can take). All are useful, but some more than others…



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