On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 17:40 +1300, German Geek wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Micah Gersten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > German Geek wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Micah Gersten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Robert Cummings wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 00:16 +0000, Nathan Rixham wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 23:23 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> Presumable, the EXISTS sub-query can be optimized sometimes
> > > to just stop processing the sub-query and kick things back out to
> > > the outer query.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> IN has to process them all and find them all.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>> Don't forget the special case use as well:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> IF NOT EXISTS `universe` THEN bigbang()
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Ash
> > > >>> www.ashleysheridan.co.uk <http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >> any chance of writing the implementation of that bigbang()
> > > function?
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > If nothing exists and a universe is created via a big bang...
> > > does it
> > > > make a sound? Can we realistically call it a big bang if it
> > > doesn't make
> > > > a sound? Couldn't we call it the big light show? But then
> > > again... if
> > > > nothing exists and a universe is created via a big light show...
> > > does it
> > > > matter? Can it be perceived? Is this just a proverbial
> > > pandrödinger's
> > > > box? You can't implement the bigbang() function if you don't exist.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Rob.
> > > >
> > > The function doesn't say who's doing the creating, it just checks for
> > > the existence of the universe.
> > >
> > > Lol, I agree, the function bigbang() doesn't need to be implemented
> > > (or it could be empty if it needs to be there for this line to work),
> > > because by definition, the universe must exist, if this statement is
> > > to exist.
> > Who says this statement is run in this universe? Who says it's not for
> > a simulator?
> > >
> > > Guys, I think this is taking it a bit far...
> >
> > You new here? ;)
> >
> Yep. I'm new here. :)
>
> OK, to take this even further then...
> How about a start of a high level function:
>
> function bigbang() {
> $elementsNecessaryForBang = God::createElements(); // have to get it from
> somewhere, don't know how to get this just yet
> $particleSimulator = new ParticleSimulator($elementsNecessaryForBang);
> $particleSimulator->start();
> // ...
> return $universe;
> }
>
> Oh, I forgot. We're writing this in plain MySQL? Don't know how to even
> start this... :) I guess this is a PHP List, so I guess it's safe to use
> PHP, no? Sorry for stealing the thread...
Wow! You really are new around here... the following is a better
solution:
<?php
require_once( 'reality.php' );
$stick = new Stick();
$drum = new Drum();
$bigbang = $stick->whack( $drum );
for( ; ; )
{
$bigbang->expand();
}
?>
Cheers,
Rob.
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