Re: a union is always a join!
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:47:25 GMT
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"paul c" <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> wrote in message
news:beZsl.15959$Db2.2243_at_edtnps83...
> Walter Mitty wrote:
>
>> ... I'm also going to suggest that what
>> Brain S. calls "oversimplification" is almost exactly what others call
>> "abstraction". I'm also going to suggest that without abstraction you
>> don't
>> get any independence, and without independence, you don't get much of any
>> bang for the buck. That may be of zero theoretical importance, but it's
>> of
>> interest to me.
>> ...
>
> Walter, I'm with the many people who think phyaical and logical
> independence are of high importance, both theoretically and practically.
> But I'd say many of the nuances and implications of those haven't been
> explored much in print. Brain S as you call him regularly enters the
> realm of mysticism.
"Brain S" was a typo. No intentional irony here. Received on Tue Mar 10 2009 - 12:47:25 CET