Re: Self Joins and optimization

"Brian Selzer" <brian_at_selzer-software.com> wrote:

>"Gene Wirchenko" <genew_at_ocis.net> wrote in message
>news:mgbd43ddqi6rg3728ml1cjolq9j85e1a37_at_4ax.com...
>> "David Cressey" <cressey73_at_verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>>"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>news:4645b145$0$4013$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net...
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>> I strongly suspect the theoreticians in this ng long ago decided BS's BS
>>>> was not worth reading let alone responding to.
>>>
>>>If you are right about this, it suggests a benefit I might get out of
>>>learning more theory than I currently know.
>>
>> <snigger>
>>
>> I gave up on Mr. Selzer some time ago. Life is too short. Since
>> my killfile is to mark messages read, I can still see his posts if I
>> wish to. I have not wanted to though.

>Let me see. Yes! I remember now! You're the one that defends Bob Badour's
>infantile behavior. I didn't know that I had graduated to your killfile.

     No, I am one of the ones who happens to agree with most of what he does. Weeding out the newsgroup serves a useful purpose. This newsgroup has been overrun in the past.

>What a stunning achievement! And even one with benefits: one less closed
>mind to waste my valuable time on.

     Given how much you insist that you are right and everyone else is wrong, pot, kettle, black.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.