Re: Is this group dead?
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 07:33:57 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <b9bf853f-8e2b-4eb1-bdb5-12001488d83e_at_googlegroups.com>
Op donderdag 17 maart 2016 11:55:07 UTC+1 schreef Roy Hann:
> James K. Lowden wrote:
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> > ...
>
> > The "problem" for c.d.t, if there is one, is that there's not much to
> > talk about.
>
> Now there I disagree. I am old enough that I missed out on any formal
> education in modern database theory. All of the little I know is from
> reading the likes of de Haan and Koppelaars, and Date and Darwen,
> seasoned with the provocations of the likes of Pascal, and you people
> here.
>
> This group could well be useful to those trying to break new ground.
> Who could say? But it has definitely been very useful to me, testing my
> understanding (or even my slight grasp) of the old ground, alerting me
> --too often--to my own fallacies and mis-readings.
>
> Where else can I get that?
>
> Roy
VERY well put.
Despite mostly not understanding as soon as the diehard theoretics go theoretical (REALLY theoretical), this group has been extremely useful to me too. Received on Thu Mar 24 2016 - 15:33:57 CET