| Similian | is there a smart way to read a file to a certain string bit by bit ? |
| Similian | which loop to use? |
| rindolf | Similian: you can read it byte by byte. |
| rindolf | Similian: do you want to read the whole thing? |
| Similian | no |
| Similian | too big 200 MB |
| simcop2387-lab | reading bit by bit is usually not supported by most operating systems |
| rindolf | Similian: then do you want to read one byte at a time? |
| ik | or one line at a time? |
| Similian | guess a line would be better |
| rindolf | simcop2387-lab: it is on my rindolfOS running on Intel 1001. |
| rindolf | Which was a 1-bit processor. |
| ik | heh |
| ik | I had a half-bit processor |
| ik | it just stored ones |
| danieldg | ik: that would be a zero-bit processor then |
| ik | no no |
| danieldg | half-bit processor stores 0's or sqrt(2)'s |
| ik | sqrt(2) may as well be 1 |
| simcop2387-lab | rindolf: a 1 bit processor would be a hell of a thing to work with |
| danieldg | not if you can't test it unless it's one |
| ik | We're not talking about numbers, we're talking about on and off, true and false, whatever you want to call it |
| ik | sqrt(2) is non-zero, so it's one. |
| rindolf | danieldg: not 1/sqrt(2)? |
| danieldg | hmm it would probably be that, yes |
| simcop2387-lab | my processor uses sqrt[-1]! |
| ik | may as well |
| danieldg | ik: think quantum computers. It tests true with probability 1/sqrt(2) |
| ik | I'm not talking about a quantum computer.. |
| danieldg | well a 1/2 bit computer clearly can't be classical |