It sounds like it never even crossed his mind that the relational model is a good fit for some problems. 98% of programmers think the word "relation" has somet

It sounds like it never even crossed his mind that the relational model is a good fit for some problems. 98% of programmers think the word "relation" has something to do with links between tables. I doubt the OP has ever even heard of a concept called "the relational model".