Well, obviously the database underpins the entire structure. And the purpose of the webserver
is simply to, er, escort the application to its clients.
So I suggest that the new acronym should reflect this:
D -atabase
O -perating system
P -rogramming language
E -scort service
Posted Apr 18, 2008 20:38 UTC (Fri) by kevinbsmith (guest, #4778)
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As someone who feels that (relational) databases are overused, I'll agree that DOPE is a great
acronym for any system that forces you to have a database even when you don't want one. Rails,
I'm looking at you!