Re: A Normalization Question

From: Marshall Spight <mspight_at_dnai.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:31:30 GMT
Message-ID: <S5eJc.78693$%_6.37358@attbi_s01>

"Neo" <neo55592_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4b45d3ad.0407140826.3ab81640_at_posting.google.com...

> Er, let's try again. I claim the string 'brown' is a fact. You say its
> not. You say "A fact is a true proposition." I say the string 'brown'
> is a true proposition that being: The string 'brown' is composed of
> the symbols 'b', 'r', 'o', 'w' and 'n' in that order. Or in a simpler
> form: 'brown' is composed of 'b', 'r', 'o', 'w' and 'n' in that order.

A shorter way to say exactly the same thing is:

"brown" is a value of type string.

A comparable statement would be to say:

3 is a value of type int.

Is 3 a fact? I would say no.

Marshall Received on Wed Jul 14 2004 - 12:31:30 CDT