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Bob Badour wrote:
> Fowler is an idiot. Given two formal systems: one very powerful system
> operating at the level of intent and the other very low-level system
> obscuring intent, his solution is to cripple the powerful one down to
> match low-level one.

This is kind of extreme statement. Reading Mr Fowler's "Refactoring"
was a pleasant experience back in 97. I couldn't help exclaming "I
should have written that!" Unfortunately, Fowler's recent voyage into
data management area is disappointing.