07-08-2017, 08:24 AM
(07-08-2017, 06:49 AM)ph1234k Wrote: I am not sure how usage cases outside of the post would be relevant unless they were directly related however you could image a general purpose ALU based on 16 state logic which would be programmed to check outputs of some device (a chest that is part of a sorting machine for example) and then take action on the output (allowing a drain of the chest before filling to prevent the hopper from backing up and ruining the sorting functionality for example). In this example, yes you can do it without a computer and yes you could do it in boolean assuming you convert the output of the comparator but it is just an example. Like all logic devices, the limitations are based on how you can use the signal to interact with other hardware and your imagination.
First of all it still is a computer... i dont know what tf you are on about there... umm and also yes my point still remains doing anything like multiplication, division, or useful logical operations (boolean) require converting to binary. Except in the mult and divs case but if you don't convert it will take you hundreds of time longer to perform them.... in other words fuzzy logic in a cpu meant to do math and arithmetic is trash. idk correct me if i'm wrong.