Re: Is LEAP relational?

From: Tony Douglas <tonyisyourpal_at_netscape.net>
Date: 27 Aug 2003 05:54:55 -0700
Message-ID: <bcb8c360.0308270454.7222e105_at_posting.google.com>


Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra <lgcdutra_at_terra.com.br> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.08.26.15.49.46.367373_at_terra.com.br>...
> Has anyone evaluated LEAP, http://leap.sf.net./, against the
> relational model?
>
> By 'the relational model', choose your favourite flavor: Codd
> 1970, Codd rules, D... but not corruptions like SQL.

I downloaded it and used it briefly a year or two ago. I'd describe it as a "relational calculator", in that you can use it to evaluate expressions in the relational algebra, but not for much more. For learning the algebra, and just trying odd things out it's quite useful though.

  • Tony
Received on Wed Aug 27 2003 - 14:54:55 CEST

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