Re: Demo: Modelling Cost of Travel Paths Between Towns

"Alan" <alan_at_erols.com> wrote:

>"Gene Wirchenko" <genew_at_mail.ocis.net> wrote in message
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>> "Alan" <alan_at_erols.com> wrote:

>> >"Gene Wirchenko" <genew_at_mail.ocis.net> wrote in message
>> >news:047np0hqacaqblepdlhlda1ct0ekq50q6k_at_4ax.com...
>> >> "Alan" <alan_at_erols.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> [snip]
>> >>
>> >> >workable. It's easy enough to avlid them, anyway, if one really wants
>to,
>> >as
>> >> >in my age = 0 or age = -1 example (some societies (I beleive the
>French,
>> >> >E.g.) may consider 0 a real age, hence the -1 option)
>> >>
>> >> Canadians do; Usonians do. The usage is usually with a positive
>> >> integer in smaller units -- e.g. three weeks or six months -- but this
>> >> is zero years.
>>
>> >Which Usonians are you referring to?
>>
>> Are some different in this regard?

>Well, as a Usonian, I don't recognize 0 as an age, so I thought you might be
>referring to some other Usonians.

     From your perspective, how many years old is a newborn? (integer domain) Yes, you may follow as I stated "The usage is usually...", but if you must answer my question as stated, what but zero could you honestly answer?

     I saw a scenario for an insurance company where a bug was encountered because of dividing by age, and the age in question was zero.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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