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With the ability to construct tables of numbers, one could use MS-Word to balance your checkbook. However, it would suck. It would be a major step backwards.
You think I’m silly for saying that, right?
Well this report is getting a lot of press. A bunch of database gurus are complaining that MapReduce is a major step backwards. (MapReduce: A major step backwards).
It’s an equivalent comparison.
(oh, and for their boast that returning to C++ instead of a higher level language like C++, they don’t even mention that Sawzall is, for all intents and purposes, what they are crying out for.)
In other news, this brand new microwave oven I’ve bought is absolutely a step backwards from automobiles and trains that I previously used to get to work.
A much more mature response is here.
You think I’m silly for saying that, right?
Well this report is getting a lot of press. A bunch of database gurus are complaining that MapReduce is a major step backwards. (MapReduce: A major step backwards).
It’s an equivalent comparison.
(oh, and for their boast that returning to C++ instead of a higher level language like C++, they don’t even mention that Sawzall is, for all intents and purposes, what they are crying out for.)
In other news, this brand new microwave oven I’ve bought is absolutely a step backwards from automobiles and trains that I previously used to get to work.
A much more mature response is here.
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