Re: Suggestions for first exam ...

From: fred <fred_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 18:08:17 +0100
Message-ID: <1064682507.98115.0@echo.uk.clara.net>

Ahem .... not to distract from one of the more interesting threads currently in this newsgroup but the "B" in "B-trees" stands for either "B"ayer (from Rudolph Bayer et. al, Acta Informatica, 1972, 173-189) or, depending on your perspective, "Boeing" - Bayers employer at the time of the publication.

> the "B" in "B-trees" ALREADY stands for "Balanced". To claim that Oracle
> uses the balanced version of something that is already balanced is IMHO
> wrong.
> ...
> ...
> --
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam
>
>
Received on Sat Sep 27 2003 - 12:08:17 CDT