On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 16:57 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 16:32 +0200, Aschwin Wesselius wrote: > >> I don't get it that people still think 64-bit is twice the 'size' of > >> 32-bit. It's like saying 2 square meters is 2 times a square meter, > >> while actually it is 4 times a square meter. > > > > Actually... 2 square meters is exactly twice 1 square meter. I think you > > had another analogy in mind, but then I'd would get you on switching > > dimensions. > > I think he was meaning that a square with a side length of 1m is not > half the size of a square of side length 2m.... It's a quarter of the > size... True, and that's exactly what I alluded to getting him on if he corrected himself. You can't use the 2 dimensional increase in space as an analogy for a 1 dimensional change. When you use the area as your argument after changing the length of a side you've moved outside the argument. After all how does the measurement of the area of a square relate to memory consumption when the initial metric was the length of a side? Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
