Re: theory and practice: ying and yang

From: Alan <fake_address2001_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 25 May 2005 06:20:11 -0700
Message-ID: <1117027211.007077.137440@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>

mountain man wrote:
> "Alfredo Novoa" <alfredo_novoa_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > 3) Date openly admits that current (RM) theory is not understood
> by database professionals.
>

Date can't "admit" anything for anyone else. He may "suspect" or "theorize" that RM theory is not undrestood by others. It may seem a trivial distinction in language, but the connotation is not trivial.

Couple of questions (I take no stand on the answers): Is understanding theory important if the practice result implementation) is correct? If the results are correct, does this not imply that the theory is understood? Remove any infinite number of monkeys from consideration- I'm talking reproduceable, consistent results over many situations. Received on Wed May 25 2005 - 08:20:11 CDT