Re: inside Oracle database development

Yep. Some of them stand, some doesn't. Is it a coincidence or did some of the old builders have a feeling for how the job should be done? As a software developer I prefer to believe the later. ;-)  I like the conclusion: those who have the feeling are not paid well enough.

Am 18.11.2018 um 11:19 schrieb Jonathan Lewis:
> But, as I seem to point out fairly frequently - the cathedrals we see last for centuries because the ones that fell down almost immediately aren't around any more.
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> Regards
> Jonathan Lewis
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> Tim,
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> that is an absolutely outstanding comment .I will quote you .:-)
> I recently had a conversation with a friend in front of Saint Stephens cathedral in Vienna.
> I mentioned that the guys in those days build the cathedral without understanding the laws of static.
> Just like we our today in Software development have no mathematical rule that will tell us what good software is.
> Yet, the cathedral lasts for centuries.
>
> Regards
>
> Lothar

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