Re: A question for Mr. Celko

> I'm not sure how relevant this is to the original question, but the set
> of real numbers (uncountable) is a different infinity to the set of
> integers (countable). And the set of real numbers is "dense" in the
> sense that any two reals have another real between them.
>
> So at least superficially it suggests there may be reasons why
> implementing the integers with a finite set is more acceptable than
> implementing the reals with a finite set.

I am not a physicist and have no idea whether time in the real world is discrete or continuous. Whether it is or not, we must implement it discretely, just as we must implement reals discretely (at least somewhat) within discrete systems. As such, I don't see the question as having much practical bearing on the problem of representing temporal data.

Regards,
Bryn Received on Sat Jul 17 2004 - 21:41:00 CDT