Re: consolidation of multiple rows
From: Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex_at_attglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:43:52 -0500
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> But clearly every good programmer and every good DBA knows who
> Torvalds is. Also IMO every good programmer knows who Stroustrup is.
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Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:43:52 -0500
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Alex Kuznetsov wrote:
> On Mar 7, 6:26 am, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck..._at_attglobal.net> wrote:
>> DA Morgan wrote: >>>>> If you know the names Date and Codd you should know who you are >>>>> addressing: Joe Celko. >>>> Not a name I am familiar with. >>> Says much about your attitude toward our profession. >>> Enlighten yourself: >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Celko >>> http://www.dbmsmag.com/artin301.html#A000009 >>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Wikipedia%22+and+%22Joe+Celko... >> Not necessarily. There are a lot of top notch programmers and DBA's who >> have never heard of Joe Celko.
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> But clearly every good programmer and every good DBA knows who
> Torvalds is. Also IMO every good programmer knows who Stroustrup is.
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I'd say wrong on both counts. There are a lot of programmers who have never heard of either - because they aren't into Linux or C++, for instance.
I would suspect more know of Stroustrup, but even that's a relatively small number of all programmers.
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