paul c wrote:
> Aloha Kakuikanu wrote:
>
>> Marshall wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 8, 9:22 am, "Aloha Kakuikanu" <aloha.kakuik..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> paul c wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Well, if I have 10 Navel Oranges and 10 Tangerine Oranges and I ask
>>>>> how
>>>>> many Florida Oranges I've got, I would hope the answer would be zero,
>>>>> not "contradiction".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is why the concept of type (or domain) is not such a great idea.
>>>
>>>
>>> !
>>>
>>> I would have to disagree with that assertion.
>>
>>
>>
>> Why do we even speak about types in this example? The example is
>> clearly about units (and not about types and domains). How is
>>
>> "10 Navel Oranges"
>>
>> is different from
>>
>> "10 cm"
>>
>> ? ...
>
> One has to do with food, which is very important to humans and the other
> has to do with more abstract pleasure, which also for humans has
> alternate sources!
Who says size doesn't matter?
Received on Mon Jan 08 2007 - 22:45:46 CST
