Re: Signal to Noise Ration on DBDebunk Declining

Marshall Spight wrote:

> Has anyone else noticed the signal to noise ration on dbdebunk.com
> declining over time? I used to think those guys were the coolest,
> but I'm disenchanted lately. They don't have as much substance
> as they seem to. Ex.: they're always going on and on about being
> formal and precise, but they don't in fact use any formal methods
> whatsoever. The closest they get is the BNF in TTM, but apparently
> that's never even been run through a parser generator, as it has
> bugs in it. Otherwise: no formal semantics, no proofs, nothing.
>
> Maybe my next book should be SQL for Smarties, 3rd ed. :-)
> At least I never hear Mr. Celko slamming Mr. Pascal, although
> he certainly has just cause.
>
>
> Marshall

I never really had a chance to be enchanted, so I can't really be disenchanted.

The site was very appealing at first because of its promise of rigor, but the overall nastiness drove me away pretty quick, plus some rather bitter anti-religious stuff told me this is just one plain ole angry dude. Most of us get over it after college.

I'm not sure Mr. Pascal is fully aware of his own motivations.

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