Re: MV Keys
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 12:27:04 +0200
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"Brian Selzer" <brian_at_selzer-software.com> wrote in message
news:qkvNf.36307$Jd.30961_at_newssvr25.news.prodigy.net...
> Then there's no difference between a varchar and an int. Both are lists
> whose elements (under most circumstances) do not belong to the universe of
> discourse, and in both cases it is the permutations of those elements that
> do.
One could choose to represent int with *sets* instead of lists. :-) For example as a pair of sets with cardinals p,q for the number p-q.
> I think there's a fundamental difference between a varchar or an int and
an
> abstract data type whose elements do belong to the universe.
There is a difference between the stuff and the representation of the stuff. Received on Thu Mar 02 2006 - 11:27:04 CET