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

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:02:58 GMT
Message-ID: <Cz84g.66886$VV4.1281013@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

Marshall Spight wrote:

> Neo wrote:
>

>>>>>The tomato is *not* a vegetable!
>>>>
>>>>:) why isn't it?
>>>
>>>It has seeds. The seeds make it a fruit. Actually I think it also
>>>qualifies as a berry, which is especially weird.
>>
>>So could one classify the following as fruits since they all have
>>seeds: zuchinni, yellow squash, butternut squash, pumpkins, chilis,
>>peppers, bell peppers, egg plant, bitter melon, okra, chayote, green
>>beans ... and how do I convince the average person, especially for
>>bittermelon. Who is right, the average person or you :)

>
>
> Neither; I advocate asking an expert for questions like these.
> The botanist is right.

In the end, taxonomy is rather arbitrary. Hierarchy just doesn't work for things as complex as biological systems. Received on Thu Apr 27 2006 - 14:02:58 CDT