Re: more on delete from join
From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:48:05 GMT
Message-ID: <VTenm.42119$Db2.19006_at_edtnps83>
>
> Cmon people! This notation is akin to writing
>
> X ADD Y = VII
> X SUBTRACT Y = III
>
> (Not to mention that some still write "ADD X TO Y"!)
>
> How much linear algebra would you expect to progress with this kind of
> symbols?
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:48:05 GMT
Message-ID: <VTenm.42119$Db2.19006_at_edtnps83>
Vadim Tropashko wrote:
> On Aug 31, 5:16 pm, paul c <toledobythe..._at_oohay.ac> wrote:
>> ... "(R MINUS S) UNION S = R"...
>
> Cmon people! This notation is akin to writing
>
> X ADD Y = VII
> X SUBTRACT Y = III
>
> (Not to mention that some still write "ADD X TO Y"!)
>
> How much linear algebra would you expect to progress with this kind of
> symbols?
Not much and no argument, I think I was replying to Walter and that's the kind of lingo he usually uses, no offence to him, for one thing whenever I see MINUS or UNION, it reminds me that the headers must be the same, which is probably what I meant there.. Received on Tue Sep 01 2009 - 21:48:05 CEST