Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!drn.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!easynet-quince!easynet.net!news-out1.kabelfoon.nl!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!bandi.nntp.kabelfoon.nl!teleglobe.net!62.81.31.29.MISMATCH!cyclone.auna.com!news-feeder.eresmas.com!news-reader.eresmas.com!not-for-mail From: Alfredo Novoa Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory Subject: Re: transitive closure Message-ID: References: <1121669600.706916.291440@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1121701112.511420.226800@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1121754206.209035.109960@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 15 Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 13:52:07 +0200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.125.117.100 X-Complaints-To: abuse@eresmas.com X-Trace: news-reader.eresmas.com 1121860917 217.125.117.100 (Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:01:57 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:01:57 MET DST Organization: eresMas Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.theory:32385 On 18 Jul 2005 23:23:26 -0700, "Marshall Spight" wrote: >> As the philosopher Schopenhauer said, 'All truth goes through three >> stages. First, it is ridiculed. Then, it is violently opposed. Finally, >> it is accepted as self-evident.' > >Heh. Some non-truths go through the same process, though. >Viz. XML. Currently in the "accepted as self-evident" phase. I disagree, XML skipped the first two phases and it was accepted in the same way as the Emperor's new clothes. Regards