Re: relations aren't types?
From: John Jacob <jingleheimerschmitt_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 9 Jan 2004 11:35:48 -0800
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Date: 9 Jan 2004 11:35:48 -0800
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> > Types are types -- I don't understand your insistence on calling some
> > types scalar and other types not scalar. What's the difference?
> >
> > And I have to ask, what's an example of a user-defined scalar type?
>
> According to John's use of the word, an integer array type is a scalar type
> as is a complex number type. A tuple type, however, is not a scalar type.
You are mistaken Bob, an integer array type is *not* a scalar type, as I said before. It is a non-scalar type because it exposes logical structure. It's an array type. Received on Fri Jan 09 2004 - 20:35:48 CET