Re: Natural keys vs Aritficial Keys

From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 01:07:47 GMT
Message-ID: <DDnQl.27357$Db2.11153_at_edtnps83>


Bob Badour wrote:
> paul c wrote:
>

>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>
>>> paul c wrote:
>>>
>>>> paul c wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Beyond a double-ended stack and segmented memory, what else do you 
>>>>>> recommend?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Those were two of my pet peeves from years ago, can't remember the 
>>>>> rest of my long list from those days, let it lapse out of 
>>>>> frustration, ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oh, just remembered another one - fixed-point decimal arithmetic!
>>>
>>> What do you need that for?
>>
>> To get the same answer as the lawyer with his amortization tables.

>
> Integers are integers no matter the base.

Bob, how come you're not watching the hockey game? Not the best, I admit, but it;s all we have to watch today. Besides, what do integers have to with decimals? Received on Tue May 19 2009 - 03:07:47 CEST

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