Re: Idempotence and "Replication Insensitivity" are equivalent ?

Phil Carmody wrote:
> "Marshall" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> writes:
> > Phil Carmody wrote:
> > > "Marshall" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> writes:
> > > > Consider min(). Min over unsigned 32 bit ints has an
> > > > identity: 2^32. However, min over arbirtrary precision
> > > > ints does not have an identity.
> > >
> > > If 2^32 is an identity over 32-bit ints, then +infinity is
> > > an identity over AP ints.
> >
> > I understand that viewpoint, however +infinity is not an
> > integer, so there are typing issues involved with that
> > idea. My sense is that those issues cause more
> > problems than they solve.
>
> Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ha ha! Onomatopoeia is always funny.

s/2^32/2^32-1

Marshall Received on Thu Sep 21 2006 - 11:27:18 CDT