It is an arbitrary choice, based on common practice.
On 08/05/11 04:54, Jerome Baum wrote: > On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 04:49, Daniel V. Klein <d...@lonewolf.com > <mailto:d...@lonewolf.com>> wrote: > > Some business models use a 3-year lifecycle. Amortization and > probably other stuff. Since you can't do math directly in Cfengine, > a "lifecycle index" is a quick way of getting a value based o the > year, for evaluating lifecycles. > > > How come 3 years? Why not 2 or 4? I get that it might be common, but > would it have been that difficult to define, say, YrMod3Eq2 (for year % > 3 == 2) and other classes for modulo 2 to 5 years (rather, up to come > value that can be ./configure'd)? > > So, is there a specific reason for this choice or it is arbitrary > because there had to be _some_ choice at all? > -- > Jerome Baum > > tel +49-1578-8434336 > email jer...@jeromebaum.com <mailto:jer...@jeromebaum.com> > -- > PGP: A0E4 B2D4 94E6 20EE 85BA E45B 63E4 2BD8 C58C 753A > PGP: 2C23 EBFF DF1A 840D 2351 F5F5 F25B A03F 2152 36DA > > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@cfengine.org > https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
