Re: Demo: Things in Hierarchies (w/o RM/SQL)

"Neo" <neo55592_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4b45d3ad.0411071019.448d379c_at_posting.google.com...
> > 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 :)

I would have an easier time buying in to this if you could come up with some good, real-world examples of problems that make some sense. "God is the parent of John" doesn't work for me as an example; I have no idea what it means. Meaningfulness is important for examles.

Marshall Received on Wed Nov 10 2004 - 19:30:56 CET