OK, I'll call your analogy and raise the fact that I would not then have my
software developers code directly in either of these -- binary or decimal.
Is it the computer that needs to have the data normalized or the people who
require that? My contention is that the people don't need it -- it does
nothing for THEM. Now, I'm NOT talking about 2nd and 3rd normal forms (or
even 5th for that matter) -- it is at least 1NF that is not needed by people
(and what follows from that is removing 4NF too, I think). --dawn
"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
news:xYidnT8G3Z9Xp-HdRVn-tA_at_comcast.com...
> Dawn,
>
> Don't be silly. I would no more normalize speech than teach people how to
> count in hexadecimal or binary.
>
> But just because decimal is more "inuitive" for people doesn't mean I
> should build the numerical architecture of the computer around the base
10.
>
>
>
Received on Tue Apr 13 2004 - 15:41:17 CDT
