Re: 1GB Tables as Classes, or Tables as Types, and all that refuted

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:45:34 GMT
Message-ID: <41a3148c.3692859_at_news.wanadoo.es>


On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:33:16 +0100, "Ja Lar" <jalar_at_nomail.com> wrote:

>"Why is it a great blunder to equate class with relvar"
>"Because it is a great blunder to mix type with value or variable". And
>"type = class"

Indeed, the first statement is not clear for many people but type=variable is an evident blunder for anybody who knows what type and variable are.

>Try again: _Why_ is it a great blunder to "mix types with values"? The
>answer "that's obvious" is of no (logical) value - that's the hole point in
>the paper this thread discusses.

If you don't know what types, variables and values are, that is your problem.

Regards Received on Tue Nov 23 2004 - 11:45:34 CET

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