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Re: [xml-dev] Rick Jelliffe quotable quote on the purpose of schemas
- From: "Robert Koberg" <rob@koberg.com>
- To: "Len Bullard" <cbullard@hiwaay.net>, "'Michael Kay'" <mike@saxonica.com>, "'Rick Marshall'" <rjm@zenucom.com>, xml-dev@lists.xml.org
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 05:33:32 -0500
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:26:14 -0500, Len Bullard <cbullard@hiwaay.net>
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@saxonica.com]
>
>> 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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