Re: Argument for 1NF by counter-example

From: robert <gnuoytr_at_rcn.com>
Date: 24 Oct 2004 19:49:18 -0700
Message-ID: <da3c2186.0410241849.7eedc5ef_at_posting.google.com>


"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:<1dCdncVMDNCImuHcRVn-vA_at_comcast.com>...
> "robert" <gnuoytr_at_rcn.com> wrote in message
> news:da3c2186.0410240956.76e4a5d1_at_posting.google.com...
> > if you can refute say, Pascal's, objections to XQuery (lots of other
> > thoughtful people have published on the futility of XML/XQuery, so you're
> > free to pick another); then i'll listen to this drivel.
>
> It's not drivel. It may or may not be wrong, but the person who wrote it is
> not a total fool.
>
> You can strengthen your argument without resorting to name calling.

i made no reference to the poster, only to the statements in the post.

anyone else is welcome to refute Pascal, should they wish to. XQuery is a bad imitation of IMS, as Pascal so exquisitely points out. those who wish to champion a data model which the relational model replaced, and did so *on purpose*, have the intellectual obligation to demonstrate how they are correct. it's really not a matter of opinion, any more than the Pythagorean theorem is 'opinion'. Received on Mon Oct 25 2004 - 04:49:18 CEST

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