Grammatical Inconsistencies

From: James L. Ryan <taliesinsoft_at_mac.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 23:14:04 GMT
Message-ID: <0001HW.BCA9C76C001B9D7CF03055B0_at_news.prodigy.net>



Does anyone else find themselves somewhat uncomfortable that, in the context of relational databases, we say such as "Join" and "Project", but we also say such as "Intersection" and "Union"? Why not "Junction" and "Projection" or "Intersect" and "Unite"?
  • James L. Ryan -- TaliesinSoft
Received on Tue Apr 20 2004 - 01:14:04 CEST

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