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Re: Rick Jelliffe quotable quote on the purpose of schemas

• From: "Robert Koberg" <rob@k...>
• To: "Len Bullard" <cbullard@h...>, "'Michael Kay'" <mike@s...>, "'Rick Marshall'" <rjm@z...>, xml-dev@l...
• Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 05:33:32 -0500

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:26:14 -0500, Len Bullard <cbullard@h...>  
wrote:

> I remember what my first computer science prof taught us in 1971:  "Don't
> worry about the formal correctness.  If it runs, it's right.  Let the
> computer teach you."

"you" + " may" + " be" + " right."

or

buf.append("you");
buf.append(" may");
buf.append(" be");
buf.append(" wrong");



>
> In those days, computers didn't disagree because very few programs  
> written
> on one would run on another one.  See what interoperability gets us?   
> Fire
> breathing flesh chomping foot stomping philosophy spouting dragons.
>
> Back to animation where if it runs and is close to the same color, it's
> right.
>
> len
>
>
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@s...]
>
>> It's more like a classification thing. The structure
>> determines the category or "family" - eg it's a car. The
>> constraints determine the classification - it's a Toyota
>> Camry which can come in these colours only etc .... The
>> conforming instance defines the individual.
>
> Sounds Aristotelian: Essence and accident?
>
> Tricky ground this. We could spend the next 2500 years debating it.
> Territory best not entered by those without formal training in  
> metaphysics
> (like me, who has read just about enough to know that here be dragons).
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>
>
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  • RE: Rick Jelliffe quotable quote on the purpose of schemas
    • From: "Len Bullard" <cbullard@h...>