Re: OT - Best way to handle dbdebunk
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:01:18 GMT
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> Welcome back, Bob! 2 topics popularized by Celko -- Nested Sets, and
> Relational Division -- influenced greatly my work.
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:01:18 GMT
Message-ID: <y1oIf.29887$VV4.301811_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
Vadim Tropashko wrote:
>>I am surprised you haven't blown this popsicle stand yet. Why do you >>bother with ignorant morons like Celko or Wolthuis?
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> Welcome back, Bob! 2 topics popularized by Celko -- Nested Sets, and
> Relational Division -- influenced greatly my work.
Suggesting Celko popularized relational division is an affront to the many fine minds who discussed and debated the topic through the 1970's and 1980's.
With respect to Nested Sets, the one thing nobody needs--in either programming or data management--is any clever, arcane, opaque trick to achieve a simple goal. We need symbolic processors that efficiently and accurately evaluate intent expressed as simply and transparently as possible for human minds.
Keep in mind too, your mind finds things transparent that more modest minds find totally incomprehensible. Received on Tue Feb 14 2006 - 18:01:18 CET