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On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Neil Winchurst wrote: > Since you are writing to a Linux list I assume you are talking Linux > here. Well technically I wasn't: I mostly meant the algorithms behind databases, not so much the way they are implemented. But I should have said it was slightly off-topic. > On the other hand for a dry reference work it has more wry humorous > comments than most. Well, as I said, I have a background in maths where dry references are almost the norm. :-) And from what I have seen of it, I like his sense of humour; things like calling the various TeX version 3, 3.1, 3.14, 3.141 etc. Martijn. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html