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$VV4.1281013_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
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> Neither; I advocate asking an expert for questions like these.
> The botanist is right.
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:02:58 GMT
Message-ID: <Cz84g.66886$VV4.1281013_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
> Neo wrote:
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>>>>>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 :)
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> 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 - 21:02:58 CEST