Re: Specifying all biz rules in relational data

From: Laconic2 <laconic2_at_comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:18:50 -0400
Message-ID: <9dqdnbi7aux85_3cRVn-gg@comcast.com>

"robert" <gnuoytr_at_rcn.com> wrote in message news:da3c2186.0410011737.7015b22c_at_posting.google.com...
> "Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
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> about 5 or 6 years ago, when XML was just starting to swallow the world's
> mindshare, Phil (a colleague) noted that he had built programs "with
> tagged text files" back in the (late, i gather) '60s. he was a DEC guy,
> so it may have been something they dreamed up. but i remember doing
> the same sort of thing with stat packages in the '70s. Phil was not
> impressed.

When I first learned HTML, it reminded me for all the world of DEC RUNOFF. Except for the hyperlinks. Those reminded me of pointers in network databases. Received on Sun Oct 03 2004 - 17:18:50 CDT