Re: Natural keys vs Aritficial Keys

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 23:42:39 -0300
Message-ID: <4a121c94$0$23769$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>

paul c wrote:

> Bob Badour wrote:
> 

>> paul c wrote:
>>
>>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>>
>>>> paul c wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> paul c wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> paul c wrote:
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>>>>>>>> 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? Received on Tue May 19 2009 - 04:42:39 CEST