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Re: RE: Fwd: War of Attrition (was: Underwhelmed (WAS

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• Subject: Re: RE: Fwd: War of Attrition (was: Underwhelmed (WAS: XOM micro tutorial))
• From: Mike Champion <mc@x...>
• Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 10:21:03 -0400
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9/26/2002 10:10:30 AM, Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@d...> wrote:

>
>I think what you mean is that when you see a FLWR expression you think of 
>it as a loop. It is probably better to think of it as a lot like 
>SELECT-FROM-WHERE.

<just_venting>
Grrr.  For about the 666th time, Jonathan [we've had this argument for years] 
why don't you call it "SELECT" then???  Yes I *know* that the
acronym would be pronounced "slower" rather than "flower" but is that REALLY
worth all the confusion that this will cause down the road?  
</just_venting>

Sorry ... couldn't help myself. 

 

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