Re: Call for an API standard for SQL statements

From: Marshall Spight <mspight_at_dnai.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:32:46 GMT
Message-ID: <2JYed.523602$8_6.137076_at_attbi_s04>


"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:rbidncCGPtCwleHcRVn-vg_at_comcast.com...
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> "Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message
> news:GDGed.520822$8_6.346279_at_attbi_s04...
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> > Custom software does not need this independence, though; nor do
> > custom applications need OS independence.
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> There's a wonderful principle from the theory of evolution that says that
> the more adapted a species is, the less adaptable it is.

Damn, that's a good way to express that. I've been aware of the principle for some time, but it really helps to have it well articulated.

Marshall Received on Mon Oct 25 2004 - 03:32:46 CEST

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