Just because I respect the past and can recognize the perpetual changing of the 'state of the art' doesn't mean I live in the past.
Your comments are unwelcome, short-sighted and clearly illustrate a complete lack of knowledge of what I know and where I've been. I praised "F" correlatives in the past tense and they were certainly an incredible asset in their time when compared to the prevailing databases. What we could accomplish in a single, albeit cryptic, line of code took other systems a whole lot more lines of code and other very expensive resources. The very fact that you don't have to endure F correlatives today is a tribute to their help in building up the overall Pick/MV marketplace that you currently enjoy. Without them, Pick would have been just another VSAM/ISAM or other flat, processor heavy database and English (sic) would never have grown to be the powerful tool it is. Everytime, and I mean every time you are at TCL and type an English query you should thank F correlatives. My present client base includes MV systems all the way from early 1980's-era Microdatas all the way to U2, D3, Mvbase and a bunch in between, not to mention many non-MV technologies. My duration in the MV world allows me to comment with first-hand experience on possibly the full extent of its time period and all of its milestones.. Thanks for your comments and I will continue to defend the F correlative for its contributions. Mark Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Nichol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 11:13 PM Subject: Re: [U2][UD] UniQuery SELECT WITH Limits > At 08:30 26/09/06 -0400, you wrote: > > >Don't pick on the F correlatives as they were the state of the art back then > >and got us where we are today. > > And so were valve radios and kerosene fridges. Whilst there is a > resurgence of valve amplifiers for audiophiles .... the rest of us great > unwashed can do without either having them or knowing anything about > them.... especially when there is a progression path. > > Catch up with the rest of the world. Your customer will ultimately thank > you.... unless you want to go down in history as the last person defending > F-correlatives..... There really are times when the tripe still propounded > for vanilla Pick is just not the answer in U2...... > > > Regards, > > Bruce Nichol > Talon Computer Services > ALBURY NSW 2640 > Australia > > http://www.taloncs.com.au > > Tel: +61 (0)411149636 > Fax: +61 (0)260232119 > > If it ain't broke, fix it till it is! > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.427 / Virus Database: 268.13.3/473 - Release Date: 12/10/06 16:15 > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
