Re: Proposal: 6NF

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> "Jan Hidders" <hidders_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >As far as I can see his worst crime is that he overestimates his
> >expertise in certain areas and is somewhat reluctant in admitting that
> >other points of view might also be valid. Certain newsgroups would
> >become very empty if you would remove all participants with that
> >attitude. ;-)
>
> True, but that sounds like a good idea.
>
> I really do try to learn from this newsgroup, but with the level
> of at least plausible noise, it can be very difficult to figure things
> out. I am all for a quieter better-informed newsgroup.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
>
> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
> I have preferences.
> You have biases.
> He/She has prejudices.

Agreed. I think most of the noise in this case revolves around the fact that in computing terms a "binary operation" is synonomous with "binary function", while pure maths requires binary operations to exhibit closure.

As ever it seems to be just a slight ambiguity in definition, combined with a lot of bluster like cimode's name calling. I mean clearly neither jan nor vc are 'idiots' - far, far from it, so why there is a need to post such things I have no idea. I for one, am all for more decorum. Posters have enough trouble communicating as it is. Received on Fri Oct 20 2006 - 18:32:01 CEST