Speaking of COBOL, it is the first truly portable and truly
disgusting computer language, designed by bureaucrats. Java is
an apparent heir to the throne long held by COBOL.
--
Mladen Gogala
A & E TV Network
Ext. 1216
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mercadante, Thomas F
> [mailto:thomas.mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 1:28 PM
> To: 'oracle-l_at_freelists.org'
> Subject: RE: Outer Joins are Evil?
>
>
> Karen,
>
> The design flaw mentioned by the writer sounds like a
> tip'o'the'hat to Cobol programmers who still do not
> understand relational tables, and don't want to learn. They
> want to get "records" of data from the database without
> having to worry about how to get it.
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