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Re: The naive test for equality

From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:16:51 GMT
Message-ID: <THbKe.163415$%K2.72297@pd7tw1no>


mAsterdam wrote:
> vc wrote:
>

>> David  Cressey wrote:

>
> [snip]
>
>>> The two words,  "synonym" and "homonym"  are borrowed from the argot of
>>> natural linguistics,  but the two problems arise whenever data is
>>> represented.
>>
>>
>> In modelling, "synonym/homonym problems" are problems only when they
>> are self-induced.

>
>
> What do you mean by that? I've done quite some practical modelling
> with teams. I never experienced the problem not coming up.
> ...

maybe you were just lucky. just kidding!

cheers,
pc Received on Tue Aug 09 2005 - 19:16:51 CDT

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