Re: theory and practice: ying and yang

On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:03:47 -0400, Kenneth Downs <knode.wants.this_at_see.sigblock> wrote:

>mountain man wrote:

>> Other implications include the possibility that Date has made the
>> subject of database systems theory unnecessarily esoteric and
>> pedantic, at the expense of usefulness.

>Neatly returning us to the original subject. The "pure" RM has an odor of
>sterility to it. It is telling that nobody has ever implemented it fully.

     But maybe not of the theory. It may be more telling of the person/industry. Some people appear to have an allergy to theory. A common line I hear/read is a claim to not using theory because the person is "practical".

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko Received on Thu May 26 2005 - 11:57:49 CDT