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

From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:05:43 GMT
Message-ID: <r%c4g.17727$vy1.5013@news-server.bigpond.net.au>

Bob Badour wrote:
> 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.

Why do we use them in that case?

Cheers, Frank. [B.Sc (UWA) Zool] Received on Thu Apr 27 2006 - 19:05:43 CDT