Re: Natural keys vs Aritficial Keys
From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 03:49:07 GMT
Message-ID: <T_pQl.27378$Db2.6137_at_edtnps83>
>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>
>>> paul c wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> paul c wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> paul c wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> paul c wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Beyond a double-ended stack and segmented memory, what else do
>>>>>>>>>> you recommend?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Those were two of my pet peeves from years ago, can't remember
>>>>>>>>> the rest of my long list from those days, let it lapse out of
>>>>>>>>> frustration, ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Oh, just remembered another one - fixed-point decimal arithmetic!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What do you need that for?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To get the same answer as the lawyer with his amortization tables.
>>>>>
>>>>> Integers are integers no matter the base.
>>>>
>>>> Bob, how come you're not watching the hockey game? Not the best, I
>>>> admit, but it;s all we have to watch today.
>>>
>>> Um, because I have absolutely no interest in hockey? Might there be
>>> any other reason?
>>>
>>>> Besides, what do integers have to with decimals?
>>>
>>> Everything. Fixed point decimals are always an integral multiple of
>>> something.
>>
>> Okay, I see we're verging back into theory.
>
> Did we ever leave?
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 03:49:07 GMT
Message-ID: <T_pQl.27378$Db2.6137_at_edtnps83>
Bob Badour wrote:
> paul c wrote: >
>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> Okay, I see we're verging back into theory.
>
> Did we ever leave?
See immediately previous reply. Received on Tue May 19 2009 - 05:49:07 CEST