Re: Navigation question

On Feb 17, 9:50 am, "Marshall" <marshall.spi..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 17, 6:47 am, "dawn" <dawnwolth..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Feb 16, 10:10 pm, "Marshall" <marshall.spi..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Feb 16, 1:10 pm, "dawn" <dawnwolth..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Feb 16, 2:42 pm, "Marshall" <marshall.spi..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > If navigation and iteration are independent,
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> > > > they are separate concepts
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> > > > > then you ought to be
> > > > > able to rewrite my navigational, iterative pseudocode into
> > > > > a style that is navigational but not iterative, and has roughly
> > > > > the same network performance as the SQL I proposed.
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> > > > That does not logically follow. I am not speaking in favor of
> > > > iteration, nor am I suggesting that one should always navigate. But
> > > > one can navigate without iterating and, depending on your precise
> > > > definition of navigation, can also iterate without navigating.
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> > > > > Please either 1) do so or 2) acknowledge that iteration
> > > > > and navigation are not in fact independent.
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> > > > They are separate concepts, but there certainly can be instances where
> > > > neither is appropriate. There might also be cases where if you want
> > > > to iterate, you will also navigate or vice versa, but that is not
> > > > essential. One does not imply the other.
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> > > If one does not imply the other,
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> > That does not mean that in every situation one can use the one without
> > the other. It simply means that the one does not imply the other.
> > One of us must be using flawed logic. Let me know if I'm the one not
> > being logical, as I do wish to correct that, but at this point it
> > seems to me that you bringing up a case where if one were to use the
> > one they would need to use it in conjunction of the other would mean
> > that one of these implies the other. Thanks. --dawn
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> Once again you dodge a technical question and reply with cotton candy.
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> Marshall

OK, Marshall, I'm not understanding your logic here at all. Could you be specific about what you are trying to prove? I suspect that I agree with what you are trying to prove. However, it is not the case that navigation implies iteration, which was my point. They are sepraate concepts even if often seen in each others company. I suspect we agree on both points so I'm not sure what the game is. --dawn Received on Sat Feb 17 2007 - 17:32:19 CET