Re: Why is "group by" obligatory in SQL?
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:07:35 -0300
Message-ID: <4a6a067c$0$23753$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
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> I'd say the basic one is that most language designers pretend to depict
> reality, most users then look on the result as reality.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:07:35 -0300
Message-ID: <4a6a067c$0$23753$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
> Bob Badour wrote:
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>> Your response leaves me wondering whether you know what irony I meant >> and wondering what irony you mean.
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> I'd say the basic one is that most language designers pretend to depict
> reality, most users then look on the result as reality.
The market also corrupted and perverted the term "separation of concerns", which Dijkstra called an austere mental discipline. Received on Fri Jul 24 2009 - 21:07:35 CEST