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different since t I was planing on not continuing this discussion anymore since I realized I don't care.. Im even considering putting in something to the effect of "This code can be redistributed provided that it is for free (excludind resonable media costs and/or subscription costs) and that if it is redistributed in a package absolutely no restrictions are put on the packages redistribution, including philosophical ones excluding 'haves'" in my stuff that happens to find its way on to chebuctos machines to implicitly deny CSuite any actual work of mine. But I do have to address this: > } > } More complex? SQL would be far less complex, and more easily > } > expanded on. > } > > } > A real database program is more complex to setup and > maintain then > } > a bunch of text files. > } > } I supose it depends on how you look at it. With a SQL database, > thats some > } one elses problem, to a programer it may as whell just be a magic box. > > So, are text files. We are talking about programmer's here, or > people taking on a programming role. If you want to change things, you > have to figure out how to use the back-end regardless of what it is, or > the interface to it. I really don't see the point of this statement. I am quite aware of CSuite making a great effort to reinvent the wheel whenever possible, mucking around with other peoples code, putting things where they shouldn't go and the like, but you not actually thinking of writing a SQL database backend are you? Im thing Im a pretty smart guy, and If I cared, I would have continued my CS program and probably done quite well. But I don't care about things like creating a SQL database backend. I dont care about writing kernels for toy OSs in a classroom, either. I care about using computers to get something done. Computation gratis computation not. Unfortunatly there are no pretty pictures, because the cache dosent cache those, but It wont matter because the Csuite philosiphy is to force everyone to use unusable tools, so you wouldnt beable to see them any way, but you should spend 5 minutes reading http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:1621214&dq=cache:themes.org/totd/guest/ archive/jwz/ That interview has significantly changed my views of computers and the internet. Specificly: " Operating systems matter deeply to programmers, but in the big picture, they're old news. It's all about the network, and the applications that let you get benefit from the network. Using a computer isn't an end in itself, it's merely a means to an end. The focus must always be on the task that the *person* wants to accomplish, to communicate, to learn, to create, to be entertained. Insofar as the computer itself makes itself known in this process, the computer is an impediment. " is important. But if you feel like banging your head against a wall, Ill even let you come over to my apartment next time your in Hfx and bang away. Recently a old version of MySQL was GNUd, so you can grab the sources and sufficiently fuck around with it to make it usable outside CSuite and unusable inside CSuite to people who don't want to spend a year of there life trying to figure out the sometimes brilliant, usually perverse, but always twisted and random logic of CSuite. And thats not even inclugin people who arent quite programmers but can find there way around a 5gl like Access that cant touch *db at all. Access for all, not just smart poor people.
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