Bernard Peek wrote in
:

I've spent quite a lot of time in the comp.databases.theory
newsgroup

They are idiots in that group. None of them really work with actual
client data, so far as I can tell. Celko is one of the worst
blowhards -- a smart man, but doesn't really understand the real
world.

Theory is a starting place for designing a real-world app. It is not
the end point.

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