Re: Proposal: 6NF

"JOG" <jog_at_cs.nott.ac.uk> wrote:

>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.

>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.

     I do not care why. The level of decorum is rather low.

>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.

     Exactly. There are many threads that I might well have been able to follow were there a bit more information. A polite question in the middle of such boorishness does not get too far.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

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