Re: XQuery (and XML) vs LISP
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:31:14 GMT
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"Mark Johnson" <102334.12_at_compuserve.com> wrote in
> And that's a straw man. That's not what I said. But at least we agree
> that the examples typically shown are pointlessly trivial. Actually,
> it's a common complaint against academics.
In reality, it's a common complaint against introductory material in almost any sphere of endeavor.
They introduce the alphabet and the numbers from one to ten on Sesame Street. The examples they use are "pointlessly trivial", when viewed from the perspective of a CPA who reads Shakespeare for pleasure. But they aren't pointlessly trivial from the perspective of the kids who are watching and learning.
I would expect a good schema to introduce relational concepts to consist of less than 20 tables. I would expect it to be somewhat simpler that something people get paid to do. I'm surprised that you expect otherwise. Received on Sat Feb 18 2006 - 10:31:14 CET