Bob Badour wrote:
> paul c wrote:
>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>> The problem with SP { S#, {P#} } in base relations is it brushes up
>>> against the information principle. It introduces a 'thing' that one
>>> cannot discuss as a simple value, and that 'thing' is a set of parts.
>>> ...
>>
>> Interesting you should say that. I thought it was adhering quite well
>> to the IP, more so than the tack the practical people I've known would
>> likely have taken.
>
> I said it brushes up against it. It doesn't violate it in the sense that
> one can still refer to a set {P#} by the value of the entire set. But
> that's an awkward way to refer to it -- especially when the value can
> change with time.
I'd say that's exactly how you do refer to a value---by the value
itself. If the "value" has a name, and can change with time, it seems
more like a variable, not a value.
--
Jon
Received on Thu May 04 2006 - 02:24:36 CDT
