A 14:42 2002-02-27 -0500, John Cowan a écrit :
>It is often suggested that meaningless identifiers are more stable
>than Real World names. I would point out that while no meaningless
>identifier has been in use for as much as two centuries,
[Alain] What about phone numbers, postal codes, street numbers, to quote
but the most obvious meaningful identifiers?
Alain LaBonté
My town's name changed on January first,
since the town merged with the city of QC
Office postal code G1R 5R8...
Moving home on May 1st from G1G 3R8 to G2J 1P6...
Yes, CA [not California, please (; ]
postal codes use a mix of letters and digits
(letter digit letter space digit letter digit)
Current coordinates: 46° 53' N -- 71° 17' O
(stable at least for a day, I hope)
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