Re:Ask HN: Why are relational DBs are the standard instead o...
by lstodd on Monday October 04, 2021 @01:58AM
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> This kind of history is so important, and even this fairly recent history seems kind of hard to access. I am curious how you learned it?
This sort of touches upon the general inadequacy of CS education in general.
The way I learned all this history is by digging it up myself, that was in early 2000s - old journals, papers, listening to people who witnessed all this themselves.
That's the cornerstone skill that should be taught -
research and the understanding that no single course can give you much in actual knowledge, only skill to acquire it.
This sort of touches upon the general inadequacy of CS education in general.
The way I learned all this history is by digging it up myself, that was in early 2000s - old journals, papers, listening to people who witnessed all this themselves.
That's the cornerstone skill that should be taught - research and the understanding that no single course can give you much in actual knowledge, only skill to acquire it.