Paul Lussier wrote:
It is lacking features[1][2], and I've certainly seen plenty (if not most)
uses of MySQL completely abuse it to the point where the developer
completely missed the R point RDB[3].
Most programmers are amateurs. Even the really, really good ones.
Business application
On 7/31/07, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Josh Berkus blogs,
... should be picking a database based on which specific ... features, they
need in their database and not out of some ignorant assessment that
Database X is way faster.
Are you saying that decisions should be made based on
On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 10:39 -0400, Ted Roche wrote:
Paul Lussier wrote:
It is lacking features[1][2], and I've certainly seen plenty (if not most)
uses of MySQL completely abuse it to the point where the developer
completely missed the R point RDB[3].
Most programmers are amateurs.
I've heard it said that MySQL is the ideal database for programmers
who don't understand databases. No annoyances like stored procedures
and server constraints to get in the way of your application code
scribbling all over the tables. ;-)
Of course, I gather MySQL has improved a fair bit in
No annoyances like stored procedures
Oh well, they just added stored procedures in 5.0
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:39:32 -0400
Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul Lussier wrote:
It is lacking features[1][2], and I've certainly seen plenty (if not most)
uses of MySQL completely abuse it to the point where the developer
completely missed the R point RDB[3].
Most
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 11:53:23AM -0400, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
No annoyances like stored procedures
Oh well, they just added stored procedures in 5.0
And a bunch of other useful features such as triggers, views and more
storage engines for specialized database needs (some via 3rd
On 7/31/07, Bill Sconce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(Bridges give us some EXCELLENT examples of
what happens when an engineer goes a little bit amateur. You've probably
seen a video of the Tacoma Narrows bridge coming apart.)
In fairness to the engineers behind the Tacoma Narrows bridge, I
On 7/31/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh well, they just added stored procedures in 5.0
On 7/31/07, Marc Nozell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And a bunch of other useful features such as triggers, views and more
storage engines for specialized database needs (some via 3rd parties).
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm gonna have to start putting a Please read and consider my
entire message before replying notice at the top of all my posts...
But that would eliminate much of the hilarity ensuing from those
who take snippets of your posts completely out of context :)
On Tuesday 31 July 2007 01:14:40 pm Ben Scott wrote:
On 7/31/07, Bill Sconce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(Bridges give us some EXCELLENT examples of
what happens when an engineer goes a little bit amateur. You've probably
seen a video of the Tacoma Narrows bridge coming apart.)
In
On Tue, July 31, 2007 2:54 pm, Jarod Wilson said:
Ooh, ooh, everyone who's driven across the Tacoma Narrows bridge multiple
times raise your hand!
/me raises hand...
Wow! You don't *look* that old, grampa! :-)
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On Tuesday 31 July 2007 03:10:03 pm John Abreau wrote:
On Tue, July 31, 2007 2:54 pm, Jarod Wilson said:
Ooh, ooh, everyone who's driven across the Tacoma Narrows bridge multiple
times raise your hand!
/me raises hand...
Wow! You don't *look* that old, grampa! :-)
Why would I need to
At 2:54 PM -0400 7/31/07, Jarod Wilson wrote:
On Tuesday 31 July 2007 01:14:40 pm Ben Scott wrote:
On 7/31/07, Bill Sconce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(Bridges give us some EXCELLENT examples of
what happens when an engineer goes a little bit amateur. You've probably
seen a video of the
On 7/31/07, Ray Cote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 2:54 PM -0400 7/31/07, Jarod Wilson wrote:
On Tuesday 31 July 2007 01:14:40 pm Ben Scott wrote:
The twin for the Tacoma Narrows bridge is not that far down the road,
in Deer Isle Maine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Isle,_Maine
Someone
On Tuesday 31 July 2007 04:33:04 pm Thomas Charron wrote:
On 7/31/07, Ray Cote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 2:54 PM -0400 7/31/07, Jarod Wilson wrote:
On Tuesday 31 July 2007 01:14:40 pm Ben Scott wrote:
The twin for the Tacoma Narrows bridge is not that far down the road,
in Deer Isle
One symptom which indicates that programmers are amateurs is that they
prematurely optimize.
That's certainly true in compiler design, but
... More HP!
Oh - hp. I thought you were talking about printers. :-)
So real engineers laugh at the 10 more horsepower crowd.
Yes, but, one
Someone explain to me again exactly how these bridges run Linux? :-P
Perhaps there were computational fluid dynamics models of the bridges that
were run on Linux? ;)
And there is a very nice CFD package called OpenFoam that runs on
Linux and is GPLed. It has come highly recommended
On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 13:54 -0400, Paul Lussier wrote:
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm gonna have to start putting a Please read and consider my
entire message before replying notice at the top of all my posts...
But that would eliminate much of the hilarity ensuing from those
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