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From: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth)
Newsgroups: comp.theory
Subject: Re: Modulus (Re: hashing function for strings)
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Date: 22 Feb 90 17:46:06 GMT
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In article <8574@shlump.nac.dec.com> postpischil@alien.enet.dec.com (Always mount a scratch monkey.) writes:

>The difference between the two divisions is that one preserves reflectional
>symmetry and one preserves translational symmetry.  Can you make an argument
>that one symmetry is more aesthetic than another?

I agree completely.  That's why, in my opinion, you can't call one
semantics 'right' and the other 'wrong'.