Re: The stupidest design I ever saw

From: Vadim Tropashko <vadimtro_invalid_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2006 20:19:14 -0700
Message-ID: <1144293554.533471.126830@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

dawn wrote:
> Vadim Tropashko wrote:
> > Neo wrote:
> > > > The folks who wrote this apparently have no idea that graph is defined by the set of nodes and edges between them. They wrap their naive understanding what the graph is into XML cludgy syntax and claim it to be a superior solution.
> > > .
> > > What is the better solution? Could you show it (possibly using the
> > > vehicle classes above)?
> >
> > To what kind of problem? Do you really insist on vehicle classification
> > in the first place? You may want spend some time on Bruce Jacobs site
> > where he advocates that classification system for data management
> > problems is a poor solution in general.
>
> Could you provide a URL for his site? Thanks. --dawn

http://www.geocities.com/tablizer/oopbad.htm#overeng

Keep in mind that his site is more obnoxious than dbdebunk, and he certainly fails short of being able to actually deliver a promised table-oriented language, but some parts are worth reading. Received on Wed Apr 05 2006 - 22:19:14 CDT