Re: MV Keys (was: Key attributes with list values)

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 26 Feb 2006 20:30:33 -0800
Message-ID: <1141014633.649748.150500_at_i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

JOG wrote:

> Yes! This point is crucial and why (dawn ;) one should desperately
> avoid the conceptual squashing of sets, multisets, orderings, peruvian
> monkey fish, etc., into a single catchall "list" construct.

I think that sets and multisets can both be handled well with relations, as can orderings if necessary. But I long for the day when mathematicians will develop a unified model that will handle both lists and peruvian monkey fish.

Tasty, tasty peruvian monkey fish. Mmmmmm.

Marshall Received on Mon Feb 27 2006 - 05:30:33 CET

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