Re: Idempotence and "Replication Insensitivity" are equivalent ?

"Marshall" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> writes:
> 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

Well sed.

Phil

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