I've seen Chemistry PhDs try to store the rational numbers in a database.
Yes that meant that 99% of the database entries were Null.
No they didn't know what a "one to many" relationship is.
No they didn't realize or care that anything compared with Null is neither True nor False but Null.
Sure there was a way to get what they wanted with no Nulls and a database the fraction of the size, but they didn't care, they had PhDs.
Yes that meant that 99% of the database entries were Null.
No they didn't know what a "one to many" relationship is. No they didn't realize or care that anything compared with Null is neither True nor False but Null.
Sure there was a way to get what they wanted with no Nulls and a database the fraction of the size, but they didn't care, they had PhDs.