Quote: associate persistence with values and separate type from extent; e.g., the integer extent is almost useless; may want multiple extents

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Now in [Atkinson & Buneman, Rep 10-85, U. Penn. 1985] the authors have argued that … [type, its extent, and its persistence]. In fact they have claimed that persistence should be more … [see following] … To justify the claim that extent should be … Integer for which a unique extent is almost … . Even when we deal with types such … [e.g., hypothetical states and cached results]   Google-1   Google-2

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