Comment on “All files are numbers” by Eric

I mean, that's one way to interpret a collection of bits. But why limit yourself to just that one? If you're concerned about leading zeroes then incorporate them in your numbering scheme:

Number | Bits 0 | 0 1 | 1 2 | 00 3 | 01 4 | 10 5 | 11 6 | 000 7 | 001 8 | 010 9 | 011 10 | 100 ...

Now every time you add a 0 to either side it's a different number, so 1 != 01 != 001.

I happen to like the idea that all files are numbers and wrote an article about it as well:github.com/ThePoetCoder/EssenceAndExpre...blob/main/Essence and Expression.ipynb

The truth is these bits are just as much numbers as they are files as they are whatever any one of us sees of significance inside them.