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I think the author fell for falsehood 21: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/fa

• ofirg 9y ago
  I do not want to belong to any club that would not need to drop a database constraint in order to accept me.
  • dullgiulio 9y ago
    Yes, that's the problem. I understand what he wants to say (basically YAGNI), but imagine the reception desk employee having this problem, escalating it until it reaches a developer just to register John Doe.
    • pizza234 9y ago
      I wonder if the parent's reply is actually a joke based on paraphrasing Groucho Marx (the statement itself doesn't have much logical sense).
      • ThrowAwayFSp 9y ago
        wonder no more
• KC8ZKF 9y ago
  No he didn't. The "first name/last name" constraint is a straw man for didactic purposes. He's explaining why it never made sense.