Re: Demo: Things in Hierarchies (w/o RM/SQL)
Date: 7 Nov 2004 10:19:30 -0800
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> So, are you saying that TM is for the tinkerer and dilletante rather
> than the expert?
Not exactly. I am saying that while RM is currently the most useful/practical data model, it is limited. TM is a more general data model and therefore is not as efficient within RM's scope. While computers are still in their infancy, evolution/nature has already gravitated toward a data model more like TM than RM. Today's computers currently lack the enormous parallel processing power of a brain to implement a very generic data model. Currently, TM is for the tinkerer and dilletante for problems outside RM's scope, just as the Wright Brothers tinkered with flight at a point in time when trains and ships were the practical experts in transportation. Please try not to misconstrue this analogy also :) Received on Sun Nov 07 2004 - 19:19:30 CET