Re: cdt glossary 0.1.1 (repost)

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:32:12 GMT
Message-ID: <gMyVh.25864$PV3.264271@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

paul c wrote:

> Brian Selzer wrote:
>

>> ...
>> I'm not really sure I understand what you're trying to say here.  I 
>> would like to see a definition of transaction that is expressed in 
>> terms of what is different between successive database states.  If you 
>> focus on results, some of the information submitted by the user is 
>> lost in translation. That's why I get a bad taste in my mouth when I 
>> see the imperatives insert, update, and delete translated into 
>> assignment.
>> ...

>
> That is a paragraph I think I could have written at one time. Today, I
> think it stands for an attitude that I think is obsessive and
> technocratic (eg. anti-humanist) although I wouldn't go so far as to
> call it by the four-letter word that is usually taken to mean the same
> thing. I don't intend that comment to demean you but I hope you will be
> able with time to explore other perspectives as you obviously have
> technical ability.

Paul, Brian has too much arrogance and not enough intellectual honesty.   I strongly doubt he will explore other perspectives. I would love for him to prove me wrong, though. Received on Wed Apr 18 2007 - 19:32:12 CDT