Re: Storing data and code in a Db with LISP-like interface

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 26 Apr 2006 12:45:36 -0700
Message-ID: <1146080736.256684.296780_at_v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>


mAsterdam wrote:
> Marshall Spight wrote:
> >
> > However, I am unclear what this word "isa" you are always
> > using means. The only "isa" that I know of has been completely
> > replaced with "pci".
>
> I took it to mean short for "is a".

It was sort of a lame joke.

> My prolog skills are as lame as yours - we even came up with
> allmost the same query-formulation :-)

We even used the same variable names!

> > Amusingly, since we have specified that the tomato is both
> > a fruit and a vegetable, anyone who likes tomatoes will qualify,
> > as we see above. However, the reader is strongly cautioned!
> > The tomato is *not* a vegetable!
>
> Sadly now both our prolog systems think it /is/.

Sigh. Just one wrong axiom and you can prove anything. :-)

Marshall Received on Wed Apr 26 2006 - 21:45:36 CEST

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