Re: Object IDs are good ( was: Object IDs are bad )

[Chris.Bitmead@Alcatel.com.au (Chris Bitmead uid(x22068))]

In article <5k2lt1$4f9@tools.bbnplanet.com> Barry Margolin 
<barmar@bbnplanet.com> writes:

>"In each and every respect" must be understood in the context of the
>information available.  When we're programming, we are necessarily dealing
>with abstractions and (often) approximations.  The data type in the
>programming language almost always doesn't include all the information
>about the corresponding object in the real world.  For instance, the IRS's
>database doesn't have my fingerprints, DNA sequence, or complete quantum
>state.

Don't be so silly. The IRS has had your DNA and complete quantum state
on file for quite a while now. They already know how you're going to
fudge your 2003 tax return deductions based on complex mathematical
models.