[plug] Web database stuff - Bollocks

Mike Holland myk at golden.wattle.id.au
Thu Aug 23 23:51:41 WST 2001


On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Mike wrote:

> At 05:53 PM 23/8/2001 +0800, Peter Wright <pete at akira.apana.org.au> wrote:
>
> >Real programmers don't draw flowcharts.  Flowcharts are, after all, the
> >illiterate's form of documentation.  Cavemen drew flowcharts; look how
> >much good it did them.
>
> This is a joke - right ?

I dont think so. Flow-charts went out with paper-tape and mainframes. They
looked good, but seemed about as useful as a Barry Jones Knowledge-Nation
chart.
  Perhaps you are confusing them with more modern charts, like object
relationship diagrams? Flowcharts are procedural.
   Or are you suggesting that cave-men profited well prom flow-charts?

-- 
Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
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