Not to mention the sweetness of saying: * Jan 14 - Jan 10 = 4 nights * Jan 16 - Jan 13 = 3 nights I actually had to edit my previous comment, because I said [Jan 10, Jan 13] was 3 nights INSTEAD of 4 nights. I caught…
Right, I think the hotel room use case helps a lot with the intuitions here. And it helps to see the COUNTER EXAMPLE: * Hotel A [Jan 10, Jan 13] means 4 nights; same as [Jan 10, Jan 14). * Hotel B [Jan 13, Jan 15] means…
But I don't think these are equivalent. When looking for a booking you are using an interval. When looking at room capacity you are looking for a minimum. This is not the same as an interval. If you are looking for…
Sounds like the story of HP Labs Smallbase (now Oracle TimesTen): "TimesTen was founded in HP labs by Marie-Anne Neimat, Sherry Listgarten, Kurt Shoens and Kevin Wilkerson, under the name of Smallbase" [0]. The you have…
Not to mention the sweetness of saying: * Jan 14 - Jan 10 = 4 nights * Jan 16 - Jan 13 = 3 nights I actually had to edit my previous comment, because I said [Jan 10, Jan 13] was 3 nights INSTEAD of 4 nights. I caught…
Right, I think the hotel room use case helps a lot with the intuitions here. And it helps to see the COUNTER EXAMPLE: * Hotel A [Jan 10, Jan 13] means 4 nights; same as [Jan 10, Jan 14). * Hotel B [Jan 13, Jan 15] means…
But I don't think these are equivalent. When looking for a booking you are using an interval. When looking at room capacity you are looking for a minimum. This is not the same as an interval. If you are looking for…
Sounds like the story of HP Labs Smallbase (now Oracle TimesTen): "TimesTen was founded in HP labs by Marie-Anne Neimat, Sherry Listgarten, Kurt Shoens and Kevin Wilkerson, under the name of Smallbase" [0]. The you have…