From: Austin Ziegler Date: 2007-03-22T07:43:01+09:00 Subject: Re: Object/Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Science On 3/21/07, Ryan Davis wrote: > On Mar 20, 2007, at 17:53 , Austin Ziegler wrote: > > On 3/20/07, Mark Volkmann wrote: > >> On Mar 20, 2007, at 1:43 PM, Austin Ziegler wrote: > >> > He knows what the hell he's talking about, but > >> > he's an abrasive man who often hurts his own points by his > >> > abrasiveness. > >> Hmm ... this reminds me of somebody else (Austin) whose views I > >> usually agree with. ;-) > > Like Pascal, I have little patience for people who speak out of > > ignorance, especially when they say stupid things like "I think > > relational databases are evil." > And what about those of use who don't speak out of ignorance and > STILL don't like relational DBs??? Or would you just assume we're > ignorant too??? I don't particularly like SQL databases. I just won't pretend -- like some people, which may or may not include yourself; I don't know since you've never made a statement on it, certainly not as stupid as "relational databases are evil" -- that object databases or xml databases or anything else like that is a good thing. > And I thought I wouldn't touch this topic with a 10 foot pole... I > generally won't touch a thread that is one of your hot topics because > it just isn't worth it (see your comment about Pascal above). You > entered this thread as abusively as you could, pretty much on par > with all your other hot topic threads. I think you do a lot of good > work, but this regrettably makes pretty much most of it unapproachable. Ryan, that's really rich. I strongly suggest you look over your own contributions and harsh stances before you try to pull this particular stunt. I choose my battles carefully, and I don't tend to talk about stuff in harsh terms that I don't have extensive experience with. I know you do the same, but you'd really best look at how you're perceived before trying to tell me that my work is unapproachable for doing exactly what you do. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com * http://www.halostatue.ca/ * austin@halostatue.ca * http://www.halostatue.ca/feed/ * austin@zieglers.ca