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On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: > (Of course we could get into philosophical hot water if we debate whether > "not all" = "less than all" if "all" refers to something that does not > exist, but I'll leave that to someone else %^). It seems like the definition of "not" is arbitrary, unless it is bounded by some condition (in the same sense that the identity element is). In which case it's a matter of agreeing to use a selected definition of "not" which seems useful. -- When a system is in harmony with the Tao, the compiler makes applications and utilities. When a system goes counter to the Tao, accounting logs fill the root directory.