Re: Lookup Tables, the right way?

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 15 Mar 2006 19:17:03 -0800
Message-ID: <1142479023.855939.133620@j52g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>

Frank Hamersley wrote:

> Using 3VL causes these distinct meanings to become jumbled and
> indistinguishable leading to much gnashing of teeth by some. Because
> the complexity of 3VL is bad enough, moving to 4VL or nVL has never got
> close to pulling on a guernsey!

I agree that 3VL causes problems.

There is a great Stroustroup quote, usually mentioned in reference to C++
but which just today it occurred to me applies quite well to SQL:

"There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses."

Marshall Received on Wed Mar 15 2006 - 21:17:03 CST