On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 05:22:46PM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 17:14, David Fetter wrote: > > > Pascal, Date, and Darwen have been alleging for years, with > > increasing shrillness, that DBMSs should be based on set theory > > and 2-value logic. I say "alleging" because they have not backed > > up this idea with any actual software that others could test. SQL > > DBMSs are based on bag theory[1] and 3-value logic[2]. Until they > > come up with a testable system, or Hell freezes over, whichever > > comes first, Pascal's book will make a good companion on your > > shelf to books on Phlogiston[3] theory, or a decent doorstop, > > whichever you prefer. > > Now you're just being ridiculous. > > Most of those books are nowhere near heavy enough to be a good door > stop. I'm sorry I exaggerated here. You're right, of course. Most of them would make only half-way decent doorstops. Date's latest from O'Reilly isn't even that. > And I don't know what your problem with Phlogiston is, it's a > perfectly cromulent thoery. (see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromulent#Cromulent) The Simpsons is almost enough to make me get a working TV and watch Fox on it, but not quite :) Cheers, D -- David Fetter <david@xxxxxxxxxx> http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote!
