Re: Specifying all biz rules in relational data

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:35:31 -0400, "Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote:

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>"--CELKO--" <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:18c7b3c2.0409190519.3804554f_at_posting.google.com...
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>> .. which is how most other trades actaully pass along knowledge; the
>> apprentice carpenter/chef/musician watches the master and "steals" his
>> tricks.
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>In the forty odd years since I learned how to program a computer, I have
>been one of the terrifying young geeks who can program up a storm in 24
>hours, with no more reference tools than a six pack of beer. I have also
>been the aging geezer, whose approach to every new problem is to start
>with one of those "boring stories about glory days".

You've got close to 20 years on me, but yes, I've done the 24+ hour stints (and come up with the solution by daybreak) more than once. <cough> I've also done a few 24+ hour stints and *not* come up with the solution too. Hey, ho, they still paid me ...

>The reason most young programmers do not learn from the masters is that they
>do not recognize the masters.

At a friend's wedding a couple of years ago, he (the groom/friend, who was also a colleague) dragged me aside to meet his mother. He said to her "Mum, this is Derek ... he's a programming genius." She wasn't impressed.

I was.

I know it wasn't true, but it was nice all the same.

Lemming

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Curiosity *may* have killed Schrodinger's cat.