Re: Operationalize orthogonality
Date: 6 Jun 2006 17:14:42 -0700
Message-ID: <1149639282.775994.244680_at_i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
Booleans don't in themselves convey order. Marshall elsewhere in this
thread said "The RM doesn't have anything about order as part of its
definition; one defines order on top of it." and I don't think there
was any controversy over that.
Individual bits can represent booleans, but where is the concept of
order coming from that turns a set of bits into a coded string of bits?
If Marshall's statement quoted above is true, then it cannot come from
relations, therefore Tony's contention that it is possible to "model
everything from there on up in terms of relations and booleans" is
untrue.
So, to answer your question. Not only do I not see it, I do not
acknowledge it is possible. Obviously there are systems that do it,
but _not_ by building _solely_ on booleans and relations (even
theoretically).
Received on Wed Jun 07 2006 - 02:14:42 CEST