Re: The term "theory" as in "database theory"
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:46:47 GMT
Message-ID: <bjOwh.33$fT1.18_at_trndny02>
"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:sMHwh.1378$R71.18893_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> Tony D wrote:
>
> > On Feb 1, 4:40 pm, Bob Badour <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >
> >>And here:
> >>
> >>http://www.schnada.de/quotes/contempt.html#plex
> >
> > My favourite of these :
> >
> > "It is time to unmask the computing community as a Secret Society for
> > the Creation and Preservation of Artificial Complexity."
> >
> > How true, and how sad. Sadly, Edsger has left the building.
>
> Indeed, he has. One wonders whether anyone else will ever step up to the
> plate and say the unpleasant truths.
Well, Bob, you've mastered the "unpleasant" part. Maybe you're the next batter up. Received on Fri Feb 02 2007 - 22:46:47 CET