Re: The BOOLEAN data type
Date: 1 Apr 2003 22:33:11 -0800
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Costin Cozianu <c_cozianu_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<b6dj3g$41m9f$1_at_ID-152540.news.dfncis.de>...
> That's news to me :) First it's news that SQL had foundations. If it was
> founded on relational model, than not only a boolean data type would be
> unharmful, but would be almost mandatory.
>
> Aside from the above quibble, it's socking news to me that booleans are
> sign of bad programming. On the contrary, lack of booleans is a sign of
> bad programming, and lack of support for boolean data type is a sign of
> bad language design.
>
> You should really go read up on good old Dijsktra, he knew a few things
> about programming ...
>
> Google for EWD1284
He did indeed know a few things about programming. An excellent and enjoyable read--thanks for suggesting it. Received on Wed Apr 02 2003 - 08:33:11 CEST