Re: An Analogy ?

From: robert <gnuoytr_at_rcn.com>
Date: 8 Nov 2004 19:40:32 -0800
Message-ID: <da3c2186.0411081940.5b2ebb8c@posting.google.com>

Alfredo Novoa <anovoa_at_ncs.es> wrote in message news:<41fvo09qvlvcd5if8e1q2jadbl39amhldj_at_4ax.com>...
> On 8 Nov 2004 03:08:22 -0800, tonyisyourpal_at_netscape.net (Tony
> Douglas) wrote:
>
> >And, I would go on to suggest, both experiments have outlived their
> >genuine usefulness and served to impede progress in their respective
> >areas (that is, we're still stuck with FORTRAN 9x and SQL:2003).
>
> Date wrote about this. SQL was a partially failed dirty lab experiment
> that was comercialized against Codd's opinion.
>
> The difference is that Fortran didn't stop all the progress like SQL
> did.
>
> We have plenty of programming languages but only one crappy database
> language.

well, two: the guy who did SQL is doing XQuery (re: current rant on Pascal rant thread. enjoy)

>
>
> Regards
Received on Mon Nov 08 2004 - 21:40:32 CST