Re: Operationalize orthogonality
From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 1 Jun 2006 07:08:02 -0700
Message-ID: <1149170882.786809.43820_at_g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
> So far as I'm concerned, this sort of overloading of values is utterly
> shoddy. A number is a number, a string is a string and a boolean is a
> boolean. This sort of overloading is precisely the sort of nonsense
> enumerated types were invented to resolve.
Date: 1 Jun 2006 07:08:02 -0700
Message-ID: <1149170882.786809.43820_at_g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
Tony D wrote:
>
> So far as I'm concerned, this sort of overloading of values is utterly
> shoddy. A number is a number, a string is a string and a boolean is a
> boolean. This sort of overloading is precisely the sort of nonsense
> enumerated types were invented to resolve.
Hear hear!
Marshall Received on Thu Jun 01 2006 - 16:08:02 CEST