Re: RM and abstract syntax trees
From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_ooyah.ac>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:33:51 GMT
Message-ID: <3YQVi.161975$1y4.48955_at_pd7urf2no>
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> Marshall, I remember Edward de Bono's advice to smart and interested
> people when it comes to any particular subject, something like: buy
> every book on the subject but don't read them! (I think he had in mind
> to come up with one's own ideas then reference the readings in order to
> test the ideas. Of course this strategy has the disadvantage that one
> may end up talking lingo that nobody else has every heard of.)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:33:51 GMT
Message-ID: <3YQVi.161975$1y4.48955_at_pd7urf2no>
paul c wrote:
> Marshall wrote:
>> On Oct 30, 10:39 am, Bob Badour <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote: >>> I would like to see more heavy thinkers thinking about 6NF. >> >> You've hinted at this idea before. I make no claims about >> being a heavy thinker, but I've generally found your ideas >> to be worth pursuing. Do you have any suggestions for >> what I should be reading, before I start doing any >> thinking? :-) >> ...
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> Marshall, I remember Edward de Bono's advice to smart and interested
> people when it comes to any particular subject, something like: buy
> every book on the subject but don't read them! (I think he had in mind
> to come up with one's own ideas then reference the readings in order to
> test the ideas. Of course this strategy has the disadvantage that one
> may end up talking lingo that nobody else has every heard of.)
well, i should say he might've had an ulterior motive since he wrote a lot of books. one reason i liked all the ones i saw was that they were short, probably each had less than 3% of the text of the sql standard. Received on Wed Oct 31 2007 - 02:33:51 CET