Re: MV Keys

"vc" <boston103_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1141399477.707086.33490_at_z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>
> Jon Heggland wrote:
> > In article <1141393487.167645.153600_at_v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
> > boston103_at_hotmail.com says...
> > >
> > > Saying that the date is not scalar is akin to claiming that 254 is not
> > > a scalar because it consists of units, tens and hundreds ;)
> >
> > You say that as if it were a silly thing to claim. :)
>
> Is it not ? Forgetting about time zones, the date is just a natural
> number in a peculiar notation (or if one wants to be picky, a subtype
> thereof). Is the natural number a compound type ?

If you do not maintain a history then the date is not a scalar. Received on Tue Mar 07 2006 - 03:20:05 CST