Re: The wisdom of the object mentors (Was: Searching OO Associations with RDBMS Persistence Models)
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 18:18:00 GMT
Message-ID: <s5lfg.15604$A26.363273_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
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> This is kind of extreme statement. Reading Mr Fowler's "Refactoring"
> was a pleasant experience back in 97. I couldn't help exclaming "I
> should have written that!" Unfortunately, Fowler's recent voyage into
> data management area is disappointing.
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 18:18:00 GMT
Message-ID: <s5lfg.15604$A26.363273_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
Mikito Harakiri wrote:
>>Fowler is an idiot. Given two formal systems: one very powerful system >>operating at the level of intent and the other very low-level system >>obscuring intent, his solution is to cripple the powerful one down to >>match low-level one.
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> This is kind of extreme statement. Reading Mr Fowler's "Refactoring"
> was a pleasant experience back in 97. I couldn't help exclaming "I
> should have written that!" Unfortunately, Fowler's recent voyage into
> data management area is disappointing.
I found what he wrote rather obvious and not too informative. It sounds like you found it rather obvious too. While 'idiot' might be too extreme, he is a lightweight at best. Received on Wed May 31 2006 - 20:18:00 CEST