Re: Relation Schemata vs. Relation Variables
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:23:58 GMT
Message-ID: <2btHg.1221$9u.16561_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
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> "precise field"? that's a laugh, there are plenty who avoid precision
> and claim the same thing. okay, just in case there's some meat in this
> thread, which i'm starting to doubt, stupid me, i'll take back the
> pedantry comment, for now, and substitute mysticism for it. surely the
> notion of tuple is a mere construct to enable talk about relations.
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:23:58 GMT
Message-ID: <2btHg.1221$9u.16561_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
> Bob Badour wrote:
> ...
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>> Your emphasis >> >>> on language precision, which some people might call pedantry, hurts >>> my head, but I suppose it's necessary and I really shouldn't complain >>> if the theorists are to find any common ground with the hackers (or >>> if the hackers are to get their act together). >> >> I am not even sure what you are saying above. This is a precise field. >> If you do not understand what a tuple is, you will not understand much >> of anything in this field.
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> "precise field"? that's a laugh, there are plenty who avoid precision
> and claim the same thing. okay, just in case there's some meat in this
> thread, which i'm starting to doubt, stupid me, i'll take back the
> pedantry comment, for now, and substitute mysticism for it. surely the
> notion of tuple is a mere construct to enable talk about relations.
All words are constructs that enable us to talk. This is a precise field; hence, we use precise terms like tuple. Received on Fri Aug 25 2006 - 04:23:58 CEST