Re: Thinking about MINUS

From: Walt <wamitty_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:50:54 GMT
Message-ID: <iZNoh.3832$V91.2046@trndny05>

"Marshall" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1168306176.945877.254470_at_11g2000cwr.googlegroups.com...
> 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.
>
>
> Marshall
>

If I have ten relational tables and ten koalas, and I ask how many florida oranges I've got, I would hope the answer would be zero, not "contradiction". Type mismatches are in the eye of the evaluator, not in the universe itself. Received on Tue Jan 09 2007 - 08:50:54 CST