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   Message 3,609 of 4,347   
   Anton Shepelev to Alexander Koryagin   
   73! Morse telegraph ;)   
   04 Mar 21 12:00:08   
   
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   Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev:   
      
   AS>> Wrong -- Morse  code comprises but two symbols: the dot   
   AS>> and the dash. It is a binary code.   
      
   AK> First, it is not a binary code, BTW, I  tell  you  as  a   
   AK> programmer.   
      
   Can you explain to me why Morse code is not binary?   
      
   AK> Second,  why  it  is  wrong to say that, for instance, a   
   AK> language consists of words?   
      
   Because in addition to words language has high-level  struc-   
   ture, i.e. grammar and syntax.   
      
   AK> Should I say it consists of letters?   
      
   No.  Even  words do not consist of letters, because they ex-   
   isted before writing was invented.   
      
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