X-Message-Number: 20958 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:55:32 -0500 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #20950 - #20957 This is for Mike Perry: You prefer (or seem to prefer) the use of "equivalence" rather than "identity". What is your reason for this preference? As you know, in ordinary English these words have slightly different meanings, though you are not required to use ordinary English here. I will add that I was in no sense arguing that BITWISE identity had any kind of basic merit. I can raise problems about it, but that isn't the purpose of this note. Best wishes and long long life to all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20958