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Re: WHAT vs HOW vs WHERE

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 14:55:05 GMT
Message-ID: <40bb249d.8308707@news-read3.maxwell.syr.edu>


On Mon, 31 May 2004 14:06:09 +0300, "x" <x-false_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>> They are good when they are hidden to users.
>
>There are "physical" pointers and "logical" pointers. :-)
>The "physical" ones are hidden.

And the logical pointers are bad. One of the major advantages of The Relational Model is that they are droped.

>> For instance if you expose pointers to users.
>
>Well, it is good when users have some pointers :-)

But only laser and wooden pointers :)

Regards
  Alfredo Received on Mon May 31 2004 - 09:55:05 CDT

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