Re: 4 the FAQ: Are Commercial DBMS Truly Relational?

Andrew McDonagh <news_at_andrewcdonagh.f2s.com> wrote:

>Gene Wirchenko wrote:

[snip]

>> As it was worded in one newsgroup I follow: "How fast do you want
>> your wrong answers?"
>
>Thats brilliant, I'll use that.

     A favourite of mine.

>snipped
>
>> They also obfuscate the algorithm, so they are particularly nasty
>> when the code has a bug.

>and

>> If you really need the performance boost, micro-fiddling usually
>> will not do it; you need a better algorithm.

>which is a much clearer way of saying what I was trying too. :-)

     Thank you.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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