Re: Proposal: 6NF

Brian Selzer wrote:
> "Cimode" <cimode_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1161614329.404823.92230_at_k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Brian Selzer wrote:
> >
> >> Indeed. /The value/ of a transformation is the output of that
> >> transformation. You appear to be saying that absent a transformation, a
> >> number is not a value.
> > I am not the one saying it idiot, that's a formal definition of value
> > concept, be it number or anything...Are you mentally impaired...

Cimode -- would you be willing to make it easier for some of us to read and care by removing words like "idiot" and "mentally impaired" from statements such as above? It would be much appreciated.

> So, the elements of a domain are not values? I'm sure that many would
> disagree with you.

Brian -- this is another example where computer science started with a mathemicatical definition and then adjusted it. Cimode is correct related to the mathematical def of "value" (look it up). So, you are arguing definitions. Both could likely go in the cdt glossary, if you want to propose at least one of the two definitions. --dawn Received on Thu Oct 26 2006 - 15:04:01 CEST