2 ms·
Funnily enough our DNA does not use a fixed-length offset mechanism. It uses null termination sequences (and start sequences too, for some reason.) Which is cl
by TZubiri 2y ago
Funnily enough our DNA does not use a fixed-length offset mechanism. It uses null termination sequences (and start sequences too, for some reason.)
Which is closer to the storage mechanism of excel (XML), and not to it's visualization interface (tables).
- klabb3 2y agoInteresting. Well yeah null termination seems better if (a) you don’t have an integer encoding and (b) you have random ”bit” flips.
- TZubiri 2y agoI don't think you need integer encoding to process fixed lengths. They do it just fine at the word level for codons. You would need a specific mechanic processors for each different schema length pattern though. I think bit flips have no effect on the appropriateness of either fixed length or null termed. But omissions and comissions are probably why anything fixed length doesn't work.