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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/ > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS > to support XML implementation and development. To minimize > spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. > > [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ > Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@l... > subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@l... > List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
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