I, for one, find data mapper simply baffling. I look at it and can't even comprehend why someone might want to do things that way. Granted, I'm not fond of ORM

I, for one, find data mapper simply baffling. I look at it and can't even comprehend why someone might want to do things that way. Granted, I'm not fond of ORMs in general, but I at least understand the appeal of the active record pattern.