<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Archives on Nacho's Blog</title><link>https://nachooglpz.pages.dev/archives/</link><description>Documents, images, histories, and stubborn evidence.</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-AU</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://nachooglpz.pages.dev/archives/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Computer science as empirical inquiry: symbols and search</title><link>https://nachooglpz.pages.dev/archives/011-computer-science-as-empirical-inquiry-symbols-and-search/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://nachooglpz.pages.dev/archives/011-computer-science-as-empirical-inquiry-symbols-and-search/</guid><description>Newell and Simon present their view on computer science: the machine as the organism we study.</description></item><item><title>Access Path Selection in a Relational Database Management System</title><link>https://nachooglpz.pages.dev/archives/010-access-path-selection-in-a-relational-database-management-system/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://nachooglpz.pages.dev/archives/010-access-path-selection-in-a-relational-database-management-system/</guid><description>Selinger (et al.) paper on the cost-based optimizer.</description></item><item><title>Relational Completeness of Data Base Sublanguages</title><link>https://nachooglpz.pages.dev/archives/009-relational-completness-of-data-base-sublanguages/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://nachooglpz.pages.dev/archives/009-relational-completness-of-data-base-sublanguages/</guid><description>Ted Codd&amp;rsquo;s paper which established the equivalence in expressive power between relational calculus and relational algebra.</description></item><item><title>Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes</title><link>https://nachooglpz.pages.dev/archives/008-bjarne-stroustrup-quotes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://nachooglpz.pages.dev/archives/008-bjarne-stroustrup-quotes/</guid><description>A collection of Bjarne Stroustrup&amp;rsquo;s Quotes.</description></item><item><title>The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer</title><link>https://nachooglpz.pages.dev/archives/007-the-story-of-mel-a-real-programmer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://nachooglpz.pages.dev/archives/007-the-story-of-mel-a-real-programmer/</guid><description>A folk story on computer science.</description></item><item><title>Lecture of What Goes Around Comes Around... 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