From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-03-28T06:13:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Object/Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Sci

On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 08:48:57AM +0900, Eleanor McHugh wrote:
> On 23 Mar 2007, at 14:43, Chad Perrin wrote:
> >On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 09:54:23PM +0900, Eleanor McHugh wrote:
> >>The physicist in me would tend to agree. Being and Doing are merely
> >>useful abstractions for the 'time'-dependent asymmetries of phase  
> >>space.
> >
> >Having read and enjoyed The Tao of Physics several times, I find  
> >that I
> >rather like that response.
> 
> Perhaps someone needs to write The Tao of Informatics ;)

I'll let you know how that goes -- if I find the time, and if someone
else doesn't get to it first.

(Sorry about the delayed response.  I was about 1000 miles away from
home when this email arrived.)

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Leon Festinger: "A man with a conviction is a hard man to change. Tell
him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts and figures and he
questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point."