Re: foundations of relational theory? - some references for the truly starving
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:40:29 +0100
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In article <bn4ri6$rscgq$1_at_ID-152540.news.uni-berlin.de>, Costin Cozianu
<c_cozianu_at_hotmail.com> writes
>Without a scientific work describing what the features are, what are the
>integrity consttraints, expressive power, is it relationally complete, is the
>language declarative, etc, etc, I'm sorry but I can only disregard your model as
>a matter of principle, just the same that we have to disregard anybody who
>claims that he has a perpetuum mobile, or he has a valid pyramidal scheme.
So we have to disregard relational as a matter of principle, too :-)
Relational has NOTHING to do with Science, and everything to do with
maths.
Please tell me how I can predict the future using the relational model -
please ... that way relational can be proved false, and that way
relational can be proved scientific. Without that, relational is
provably UNscientific.
Cheers,
-- Anthony W. Youngman - wol at thewolery dot demon dot co dot uk Witches are curious by definition and inquisitive by nature. She moved in. "Let me through. I'm a nosey person.", she said, employing both elbows. Maskerade : (c) 1995 Terry PratchettReceived on Wed Oct 22 2003 - 22:40:29 CEST