- From: Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:36:09 -0400
- To: Bijan Parsia <bparsia@isr.umd.edu>
- Cc: www-rdf-rules@w3.org
Bijan Parsia: > > > This reminds me of the early days of SQL. Back then people believed > > that practitioners will actually understand the semantics *and use it*. > > I wonder if Date et al would diagnose things the same way. > > (Actually, I don't wonder. I so believe :)) Date was not an inventor of SQL, but I don't see why he or any other author of a database textbook (myself included!) should be anything but fond of SQL. After all, its screwy nature helps the bottom line. But Jim Gray gave a speech at PODS/SIGMOD in 1999 where he said: I invented it, and I apologize. --michael
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