Re: [Monetdb-developers] RFC: New Integer Atoms: byte & word

On 12/8/05 5:31 PM, Jens Teubner wrote with possible deletions:

On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 05:09:14PM +0100, Joeri van Ruth wrote:

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But then, I would prefer "byte" (gasp), "word" (shiver) and "long" (shock horror) over "bte", "wrd" and "long" anyway.

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I second this. Is there some (technical) reason to use only three character identifiers instead of readable four character ones?

Yes, please use 'byt' and 'wrd': 'bte' triggers nothing but the 'bite' association, for me at least. And we're all bitten by MonetDB enough already, he he.

Cheers, --Teggy