Re: Natural keys vs Aritficial Keys
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 22:12:02 -0300
Message-ID: <4a120758$0$23766$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
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> Bob, how come you're not watching the hockey game? Not the best, I
> admit, but it;s all we have to watch today.
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 22:12:02 -0300
Message-ID: <4a120758$0$23766$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
paul c wrote:
> 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.
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> Bob, how come you're not watching the hockey game? Not the best, I
> admit, but it;s all we have to watch today.
Um, because I have absolutely no interest in hockey? Might there be any other reason?
> Besides, what do integers
> have to with decimals?
Everything. Fixed point decimals are always an integral multiple of something. Received on Tue May 19 2009 - 03:12:02 CEST