Re: inside Oracle database development

Tim,

that is an absolutely outstanding comment .I will quote you .:-)   I recently had a conversation with a friend in front of Saint Stephens cathedral in Vienna.
I mentioned that the guys in those days build the cathedral without understanding the laws of static.
Just like we our today in Software development have no mathematical rule that will tell us what good software is. Yet, the cathedral lasts for centuries.

Regards

Lothar

Am 16.11.2018 um 18:48 schrieb Tim Gorman:
> I recall a verbal version of this exact conversation in the early
> 1990s, like 1991 or 1992 or so.  I recall the person only mentioned 10
> million lines and, as he had several people besides me listening, he
> concluded with "it's a miracle it works at all" and basically assured
> anyone using Oracle they were soon to die horribly.
>
> Every time someone complains about "bad coding", I cringe if they're
> complaining about style or appearance or programming language or some
> other aesthetic.  The only true criteria that matters is "does it
> work", because programming is very biological.  Good code works.  Bad
> code doesn't.  Really good code works for decades.  Things are added,
> things die and fall away, things are repaired, things compete, and
> above all things evolve. In case you haven't dissected anything
> lately, biology is not always aesthetically pleasing, but whether it
> is or not, it needs to work.
>
>
>
> On 11/16/18 08:56, Chris Stephens wrote:
>> agree on #1.
>>
>> not sure i agree with the full sentiment of #2. :)
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:40 AM Ric Van Dyke
>> <ric.van.dyke_at_hotsos.com <mailto:ric.van.dyke_at_hotsos.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Having worked there also, I have two conclusions about the Oracle
>> Database:
>>
>> 1. It’s miracle it works at all.  (As the author says)
>>
>> 2. It’s even more impressive that it works so amazingly well!
>>
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>>
>> https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=oraguy
>>
>> too interesting and relevant to not post.
>>
>> sounds like a nightmare.
>>
>

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