Re: OO and IBM z series COBOL was Re: Discussions of COBOLphilospphy

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:13:57 -0500, Robert <no@e.mail> wrote:

>If it were designed well, it wouldn't need to be smart because it wouldn't 
have any
>dependencies (except keys). It would be in normal form.
>
>The exception is reports, which can be kept up to date automatically by mat
erialized
>views.

"Normal form" can be a religion.   Do users care about Codd's rules as
long as they can have reliable data?

Actually users like data warehouses.   How many data warehouses have
everything normalized?