Re: What're the differences betwen OO database and relational databases?

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_golden.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 01:15:36 -0400
Message-ID: <TTxt7.1503$_13.105478277_at_radon.golden.net>


<D_at_B.A> wrote in message news:Gvps7.6221$ev2.10995_at_www.newsranger.com...
> In article <9osvua$p39$01$1_at_news.t-online.com>, Carl Rosenberger says...
> >
> >soda <soda4u2_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> I only learn relational databases at school, Object Oriented database
> >> was virtually unknown then. I've tried to find out but it would be
> >> easier to ask you folks what you think. Does OO database goes faster?
> >> Easier to maintain?
> >
> >
> >Hi Soda,
> >your name and email address are quite interesting. Is this a flamebait
mail?
> >
>
>http://groups.google.com/groups?as_usubject=soda&as_uauthors=carl_at_db4o.com
> >
> >http://www.odbms.org/soda/
> >
>
> Essentially, the debate reduces to "What your favorite programming model
is?"
> Procedural (with objects), Relational, or maybe Functional? For
relationists a
> particular procedural language is not that important (what is Java, just
> enhanced FORTRAN?) to be too concerned about language binding.

I disagree with your characterization. The "debate" arises from programmers who incorrectly believe that programming languages are suitable for database management. Received on Sun Sep 30 2001 - 07:15:36 CEST

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