Re: atomic
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:45:12 -0300
Message-ID: <472b460c$0$14831$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
>> "paul c" <toledobythesea_at_ooyah.ac> wrote in message
>> news:08HWi.167005$Da.137917_at_pd7urf1no...
>>
>>> If I may dodge the ordering question for now and continue with my
>>> casual graphics, how could a relation like the following be useful?
>>> (assuming one pizza per order and ignoring pizza size)
>>>
>>> PizzasOrdered:
>>>
>>> Order {Toppings}
>>> _____ __________
>>>
>>> 1 {Tomato, Sausage, Cheese}
>>> 1 {}
>>
>>
>> If the predicate is something like "The kitchen is currently cooking
>> <order> pizzas with <toppings>", where <order> is a count. (i.e.
>> someone has ordered just a crust--my son would, and someone else has
>> ordered a proper pizza.) I could no doubt invent other possible
>> interpretations. My question is, what predicate did you intend me to
>> use when answering your question?
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:45:12 -0300
Message-ID: <472b460c$0$14831$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
> Roy Hann wrote: >
>> "paul c" <toledobythesea_at_ooyah.ac> wrote in message
>> news:08HWi.167005$Da.137917_at_pd7urf1no...
>>
>>> If I may dodge the ordering question for now and continue with my
>>> casual graphics, how could a relation like the following be useful?
>>> (assuming one pizza per order and ignoring pizza size)
>>>
>>> PizzasOrdered:
>>>
>>> Order {Toppings}
>>> _____ __________
>>>
>>> 1 {Tomato, Sausage, Cheese}
>>> 1 {}
>>
>>
>> If the predicate is something like "The kitchen is currently cooking
>> <order> pizzas with <toppings>", where <order> is a count. (i.e.
>> someone has ordered just a crust--my son would, and someone else has
>> ordered a proper pizza.) I could no doubt invent other possible
>> interpretations. My question is, what predicate did you intend me to
>> use when answering your question?
> > I think your predicate is fine. I just don't see how both tuples might > apply to same pizza.
According to his predicate, they are different pizzas. If you intend him to use a different predicate, perhaps you should specify the predicate. Received on Fri Nov 02 2007 - 16:45:12 CET