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While I understand your point, it is my understanding that the first two "manifestos" weren't by Date and Darwin. I think Cobb's original article introducing th
by garmaine 9y ago
While I understand your point, it is my understanding that the first two "manifestos" weren't by Date and Darwin. I think Cobb's original article introducing the very idea of the relational model is one of them, and I forget the other.
They are rather making an egotistical (but IMHO deserved) point that their work is the 3rd revolutionary call to action in the history of relational database systems.
- pvg 9y agoYes, it's not entirely without uses to have a third manifesto. There was, for instance, a NoSQL manifesto a few years ago. Relational purists could reasonably point out this is a clear sign of the immaturity of the new technology as they were on their third manifesto nearly two decades previously.
- tabtab 9y agoI found some of those purists very annoying. The real world is often messy and organic, and trying to force excessive order on it just makes for confusion and/or silly extra busy-work.