4. The method of claim 2 , wherein said determining a relationship between said first and second quantities further comprises determining whether said first quantity is equal to said second quantity based, at least in part, on said first and second binary strings.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said first character expression represents a first quantity and said second character expression represents a second quantity, and wherein said determining said relationship between said first and second character expressions further comprises determining a quantitative relationship between said first and second quantities.