[development] One-to-one tables considered harmful

[Earnie Boyd]

Quoting David Strauss <david at fourkitchens.com>:

> Earnie Boyd wrote:
>> Yes, this is different thinking and I am asking that we think of a
>> comment as nothing more than more content.  I am asking that all content
>> be thought of as having possible relationships to each other.
>
> That's already possible:
> * Taxonomies
> * Books
>

That is good.  You forgot to mention the forums module.

>> IMO, it
>> will make for a more robust API and potentially less code.  Obviously
>> others think it is more robust because they build replacement modules
>> for the existing core comment module.
>
> Code simplicity does not trump performance.
>

Code performance doesn't trump simplicity either they tend to go hand in hand.

Earnie