Posted by jhofmeyr on 11/23/07 10:06

On Nov 23, 12:41 am, steve <rog11...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Nov 22, 4:56 am, jhofm...@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> > I feel like I'm watching a Greek person and an Italian person
> > discussing the virtues of speaking French :-/
>
> If your a beginner and don't understand something ask questions. If
> your
> an expert don't hide your knowledge, share it. I'll give you the
> benefit of my doubt and won't assume which you are :)
>
> Assumptions are the mother of all f__kups:
> 'Under Siege, Dark Territory'
>
> www.beyondsql.blogspot.com

I don't claim to be an expert in either Greek or Italian .. but when
I'm in Greece I try to speak Greek, and when in Italy - Italian :)

Maybe I am just too used to it, but personally I think that SQL is
excellent at performing the task it was designed to perform. The fact
that it is not the "same" as other programming languages might have
something to do with the nature of the tasks I write it to perform. I
guess when I learn new languages I try to get the most out of them as
they are, at the end of the day there is a reason why I learned the
language and usually it involves earning a pay cheque.

Maybe I am too young (or too busy) to have had many late nights
pondering how much better my life would be if some giant corporation
would ask its developers to communicate more :)

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