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From: Gene Wirchenko <genew@mail.ocis.net>
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Subject: Re: Definitions Needed - AST = Automatic Summary Tables; VSS = Very Strong Suggestion
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 18:02:18 -0800
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Jonathan Leffler <jleffler@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Gene Wirchenko wrote:

[a plea for help]

>As in the rewritten subject, I think in the context, AST stands for 
>Automatic Summary Tables, and not Abstract Syntax Trees as I first wrote.
>
>> SQL stored procedures provide computational completeness in the
>> database. A *****VSS***** if not a prescription?"
>
>The VSS is a very strong suggestion (as found in TTM - The Third 
>Manifesto), as contrasted with a Prescription or Proscription.

     Thank you.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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