Re: Lookup Tables, the right way?
From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 03:30:41 GMT
Message-ID: <BZ4Sf.7745$dy4.7525_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
>
> I agree that 3VL causes problems.
>
> There is a great Stroustroup quote, usually mentioned in reference to
> C++
> but which just today it occurred to me applies quite well to SQL:
>
> "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain
> about and the ones nobody uses."
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 03:30:41 GMT
Message-ID: <BZ4Sf.7745$dy4.7525_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
Marshall Spight wrote:
> 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."
And my corollary is ...
"You don't need to be a language user to be a complainer."
Cheers, Frank. Received on Thu Mar 16 2006 - 04:30:41 CET