> You can build logic gates out of just about anything.
Does that fact (which I never denied) in any way provide the original "pipes" picture any explanatory power, helping somebody to more understand the how the logic gates actually used in our devices function?
I still don't see that any answer here up to now disproved my original claim: "what is happening in the actual logic gates [meaning the gates that are actually used in our devices] has no similarity with that [the pipes thing] at all -- so any "intuition" one might hope to gain from these two pipes will be wrong."
I still claim that.
The "pipes" don't "explain" anything but demonstrate their own functioning.
TTL or CMOS aspects are also not relevant for this discussion, contrary to what "neuralRiot" writes.
Friend, I'm not saying you were wrong or trying to argue with you. Just pointing out that different people learn differently, and it's good to have different ways to illustrate and explain things.
You never know when one kind of explanation may give someone an "aha" moment that they didn't get somewhere else. And sometimes it's good to do things like this just for fun.
For example, my very favorite visualizations of sorting algorithms are the Hungarian dancers:
Does that fact (which I never denied) in any way provide the original "pipes" picture any explanatory power, helping somebody to more understand the how the logic gates actually used in our devices function?
I still don't see that any answer here up to now disproved my original claim: "what is happening in the actual logic gates [meaning the gates that are actually used in our devices] has no similarity with that [the pipes thing] at all -- so any "intuition" one might hope to gain from these two pipes will be wrong."
I still claim that.
The "pipes" don't "explain" anything but demonstrate their own functioning.
TTL or CMOS aspects are also not relevant for this discussion, contrary to what "neuralRiot" writes.
Also see what user "zemnmez" wrote here.