On Sep 28, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Niko Schwarz wrote:

Perhaps interestingly, in the original Self paper promoting mirrors, it was argued that one of the lessons learned of using mirrors in self was that '==' is really a reflective property, that should be accessible only through mirrors.

"Mirrors and copulation are obscene, for they increase the numbers of mankind." -- ( Jorge Luis Borges "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius") Another point of view of course is that identity actually shows the one main weakness of mirrors. Marcus -- Marcus Denker -- http://www.marcusdenker.de INRIA Lille -- Nord Europe. Team RMoD.