Taxacom: Tropicos and gender of names

[Scott Thomson]

I think some misinterpreted my comment on recipe for a 3 year old.

Its tongue in cheek comment said to software eng students to appreciate
coding, was taught with OO coding.

I can imagine how you could do this and it requires a little more
imagination than most databases use. Each taxon needs a key and as the
names are not immutable it makes it difficult though not impossible for the
name to be the key. To get around the non-immutable name issue is doable
with queries and a second database to reference language changes.

Not impossible.

Only AI can get better than current system.

Cheers Scott

On Wed, Feb 9, 2022, 2:47 PM Richard Pyle via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
wrote:

> > It seems much simpler to wait until databasers grow up and can handle
> > concepts beyond those aimed to fit in the grasp of a 3-year old?
>
> EXACTLY!  The databases should be designed to accommodate the information
> as it exists. It's a mistake to modify the information as it exists to
> accommodate the needs of databases.  We should not allow the tail to wag
> the dog...
>
> Aloha,
> Rich
> Adolescent* databaser
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> [*better than a toddler databaser, but suffering from unwarranted &
> unjustified self-confidence/self-righteousness, and eager to eventually
> grow up to the point of full maturity and wisdom]
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