Re: Timeless Classics of Software Engineering

"Bill Todd" <billtodd_at_metrocast.net> wrote in message news:1KudndY-hoVxG5TcRVn-oA_at_metrocast.net...
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> "Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_iahu.com> wrote in message
> news:dQeOc.47$8H4.120_at_news.oracle.com...
> > No database textbooks listed so far. Is it because
> > 1. There are no classic database books.
> > Or rather
> > 2. Software engineers usually don't know anything about databases.
> > ?
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> Perhaps it's because they'd be off-topic, just as the other essentially
> technical references that have been listed are.

Right. That was a knee-jerk reaction to UML book somebody nominated. Database people would easily trade a stack of UML books to a decent database text.

P.S. Thank's god nobody mentioned "Learning XML in 21 minutes" by Bill Quickbuck yet. Received on Fri Jul 30 2004 - 02:01:43 CEST