Re: The Theoretical Foundations of the Relational Model
From: Jan.Hidders <hidders_at_hcoss.uia.ac.be>
Date: 15 Jun 2002 02:42:15 +0200
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Date: 15 Jun 2002 02:42:15 +0200
Message-ID: <3d0a8d67$1_at_news.uia.ac.be>
In article <57da7b56.0206141542.4a694b5d_at_posting.google.com>,
Paul G. Brown <paul_geoffrey_brown_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>In the midst of the current flare-up in the long-running 'objects vs
> relations' flame-war, I thought it might be useful to take a moment,
> step back, and explain to the object folk something of where the
> relational crowd are coming from. I'm going to try to do this without
> once mentioning the word 'database'. (Oops.)
>
> The origins of the 'relational model' [....]
That was probably one of the best explanations of the mathematical and philosophical ideas behind the relational model I've seen in years. My compliments.
- Jan Hidders