Re: cdt glossary 0.1.1 (repost)

"paul c" <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> wrote in message news:rJyVh.93528$6m4.2343_at_pd7urf1no...
> Brian Selzer wrote:
>> ...
>> I'm not really sure I understand what you're trying to say here. I would
>> like to see a definition of transaction that is expressed in terms of
>> what is different between successive database states. If you focus on
>> results, some of the information submitted by the user is lost in
>> translation. That's why I get a bad taste in my mouth when I see the
>> imperatives insert, update, and delete translated into assignment.
>> ...
>
> That is a paragraph I think I could have written at one time. Today, I
> think it stands for an attitude that I think is obsessive and technocratic
> (eg. anti-humanist) although I wouldn't go so far as to call it by the
> four-letter word that is usually taken to mean the same thing. I don't
> intend that comment to demean you but I hope you will be able with time to
> explore other perspectives as you obviously have technical ability.
>

Yikes! Where did *that* come from?

> p
Received on Thu Apr 19 2007 - 09:54:22 CEST