Re: newby (very) question on XML DB theory

Dawn M. Wolthuis wrote:
>
> But, I don't think this is just one of those "I like my tools because I know
> them" issues -- I think that everyone here in Iowa could see what I mean by
> reading those statements -- can you see it and understand at least a little
> bit my lament on this?

Absolutely.

> Couldn't we retain the human-language-like nature of
> both PICK and to a lesser extent, SQL, and still accomplish the goals of
> XQuery?

No. But I'm quite sure that for a very limited subset one could come up with an elegant and more natural language interface.

• Jan Hidders