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Re: Why all the max length constraints?

From: <alfredono_at_gmail.com>
Date: 29 May 2006 09:49:52 -0700
Message-ID: <1148921392.271358.249200@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>


Roy wrote:

>I don't think his use of the term "atomic" was in any way unfortunate. It
>is hard to think of a better word. It very clearly conveys what was surely
>his intention, which was: whatever value appears at the intersection of a
>row and a column will be treated as if it has no internal structure.

The problem is that he wrote "atomic" instead of "treated as it were atomic".

Regards Received on Mon May 29 2006 - 11:49:52 CDT

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