shinarit
shinarit t1_iucw5vy wrote
Reply to comment by robbak in ELI5: Morse code is made up of dots and dashes. How did telegraph operators keep from losing track of where one letter ended and another began? by copperdomebodhi
You can name all combinations and then it's a regular 27 character language. That doesn't make it so, that's an abstraction. Every language can be deconstructed into binary, but Morse has an obvious ternary system that is closest to its actual usage.
Dot dot is not valid. Dot space dot IS valid. Space is not valid. Seven space is valid. Do you need me to draw up the formal language rules?
shinarit t1_iucsdnj wrote
Reply to comment by robbak in ELI5: Morse code is made up of dots and dashes. How did telegraph operators keep from losing track of where one letter ended and another began? by copperdomebodhi
You can call anything anything else, but that doesn't make it so. A dotdot is not valid morse code.
shinarit t1_iuccwte wrote
Reply to comment by sr20rocket in ELI5: Morse code is made up of dots and dashes. How did telegraph operators keep from losing track of where one letter ended and another began? by copperdomebodhi
No, it's ternary. How many silences you use doesn't make it have a larger alphabet. It has three letters.
shinarit t1_j6ftos5 wrote
Reply to comment by Macluawn in ELI5- what is the difference between a liquid and a fluid? by stinkybuttttt
If you are lucky