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

From: Lemming <thiswillbounce_at_bumblbee.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:33:06 +0100
Message-ID: <0v5mm0tj4l27u8i5s40llbsult02jrvcjj_at_4ax.com>


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:31:24 -0700, Gene Wirchenko <genew_at_mail.ocis.net> wrote:

>Lemming <thiswillbounce_at_bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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>[snip]
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>>I think it was originally by Donald Knuth ... "Premature optimisation
>>is the root of all evil" or something like that.
>
> That is the quote that I have in my sig collection, but it says
>Knuth quoting Tony Hoare. I do not know who originated it.

Blimey, it goes back a ways then. At least it pre-dates Java -- now we know they didn't invent *everything*.

Lemming

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