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From: alfredo@ncs.es (Alfredo Novoa)
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Subject: Re: The IDS, the EDS and the DBMS
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pstnotpd <schoenmakers@tpd.tno.nl> wrote in message news:<ci3fsr$ni7$1@voyager.news.surf.net>...

> > That begs the question: why, exactly? or: is it really impossible?
> I've got a nice calculator which returns algebraic expressions whenever 
> possible.
> 
> Just wondering, is there any RDBMS implementation which actually uses a 
> math engine at its lowest level?

As far as I know, the answer is no.

But I consider that unlimited precision arithmetic would be desirable for an RDBMS.

In fact, an RDBMS is nothing but an specialized Computer Algebra System.


Regards