You state:
Charge is more correct for DRAM, but voltage is more
correct for SRAM and registers.
As well as:
But your
case about them all being arbitrary signs is spot on.
And that is
exactly it: depending on the specific tech the "arbitrary signs" are physically
embodied in different ways. Such as a magnetic field, or a laser burn, or the
voltage or charge. What is an "arbitrary sign"? It's an abstract
interpretation of a physical value. Nothing more - or less - then language.
The abstract interpretation that when you see a block with a "A" on it you
interpret that to have the meaning of the letter A.
I just wish my fellow
techs would remember to mention how the underlying message affects how they are
correcting my representation:
Software is nothing more - or less - then an
abstract language interpreted from a physical state - a physical state which
primarily1 exists in the form of 2 embodiments!
Because really -
the fact I mention one or two of the 72 different ways the physical
embodiment exists does not alter the core message.
1)
I'm aware of research labs working on other embodiments of computers. Looking
to alter the basic binary state computers work in to a larger set of
representations. If that bears fruit - it'll still be abstract language
interpretation but become even more complicated for the fast talkers to show as
"magic".
2) I can list 7 of those embodiments off the top of my head and
I'm absolutely positive I'm not aware of the full set of representations. This
set includes the "hole" vs "no hole" representation that used to exist in the
form of punch cards. Punch card hole vs a charge.... the software is still
embodied as an abstract interpretation. An "arbitrary sign" - and no, not the
physical kind of sign. How's that for another opening for the fast talkers,
we're arguing over the particular physical embodiment while that has no bearing
on the fact that software is abstract and does not exist in physical
form:
Oh oh oh oh oh: it's physically embodied in a different physical
state, the software devs say so, we can patent it all over again for the new
physical state!
RAS[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
|