Re: 4 the FAQ: Are Commercial DBMS Truly Relational?

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 23:07:51 +0100, Andrew McDonagh <news_at_andrewcdonagh.f2s.com> wrote:

>Laconic2 wrote:
>> "Andrew McDonagh" <news_at_andrewcdonagh.f2s.com> wrote in message
>> news:ckc0ch$3qm$1_at_news.freedom2surf.net...
>>
>>>Also, IMHO, premature optimisation tend to create designs that are
>>>fragile to future changes.
>>
>> And also, it tends to create logical designs that are ... well... illogical.
>>
>> I like the term premature optimization.
>
>Wish I could take credit, but I can't, its used a lot in the OO and XP
>community.

I think it was originally by Donald Knuth ... "Premature optimisation is the root of all evil" or something like that.

Lemming

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