Re: A database theory resource - ideas
From: Bruce C. Baker <bcbakerXX_at_cox.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:10:10 -0500
Message-ID: <PdHKh.380$s8.143_at_newsfe21.lga>
>> "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:yaGKh.11280$PV3.116035_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>>
>>>Bruce C. Baker wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>>news:TWFKh.11276$PV3.115808_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Bruce C. Baker wrote:
>>>>
>>>><snip>
>>>>
>>>>>>Lots and lots of simple, tightly-focused examples. Think "RDBMS for
>>>>>>Dummies"! :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>I don't see how that will help anyone learn to think in the abstract.
>>>>>If one can only understand recipes, one can go work for a restaurant.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>A short, simple example can sometimes bring home the point of a long and
>>>>detailed technical explanation. One reinforces the other. Don't take my
>>>>"RDBMS for Dummies" suggestion /too/ seriously! :-)
>>>>
>>>>The "... for Dummies" books can indeed be too simplistic, but as a
>>>>/starting point/ for a complete newbie, they serve very well.
>>>
>>>The single biggest problem in our industry is a lack of fundamental
>>>knowledge and basic education. A recipe book and examples will do nothing
>>>to address the problem and will serve only to perpetuate it.
>>
>>
>> Agreed.
>>
>> Bob, have you ever read a "... for Dummies" book? If so, you'd know that
>> they're /primers/, not cookbooks.
>> ...
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:10:10 -0500
Message-ID: <PdHKh.380$s8.143_at_newsfe21.lga>
"paul c" <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> wrote in message news:UNGKh.26499$DN.5031_at_pd7urf2no...
> Bruce C. Baker wrote:
>> "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:yaGKh.11280$PV3.116035_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>>
>>>Bruce C. Baker wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>>news:TWFKh.11276$PV3.115808_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Bruce C. Baker wrote:
>>>>
>>>><snip>
>>>>
>>>>>>Lots and lots of simple, tightly-focused examples. Think "RDBMS for
>>>>>>Dummies"! :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>I don't see how that will help anyone learn to think in the abstract.
>>>>>If one can only understand recipes, one can go work for a restaurant.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>A short, simple example can sometimes bring home the point of a long and
>>>>detailed technical explanation. One reinforces the other. Don't take my
>>>>"RDBMS for Dummies" suggestion /too/ seriously! :-)
>>>>
>>>>The "... for Dummies" books can indeed be too simplistic, but as a
>>>>/starting point/ for a complete newbie, they serve very well.
>>>
>>>The single biggest problem in our industry is a lack of fundamental
>>>knowledge and basic education. A recipe book and examples will do nothing
>>>to address the problem and will serve only to perpetuate it.
>>
>>
>> Agreed.
>>
>> Bob, have you ever read a "... for Dummies" book? If so, you'd know that
>> they're /primers/, not cookbooks.
>> ...
> > Ha! I'm not Bob B, but even I can see they're primers for people who want > to learn how to read cookbooks. > > p
I don't completely agree with either you or Bob B., but this whole discussion is moot anyway. Ninety-nine percent of the programmers I know don't own even /one/ computer book, and nine-tenths of the remaining one percent never progressed beyond chapter three in the ones they do own. :-( Received on Sat Mar 17 2007 - 02:10:10 CET