Re: Modelling Considered Harmful

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 22:42:02 -0400, Kenneth Downs <knode.wants.this_at_see.sigblock> wrote:

>I wonder if anybody would care to dispute the thesis that use of the term
>"modelling" with regard to databases does more harm than good.
>
>The case can also be stated that databases are NOT models of reality. They
>are rather record-keeping systems. If it can be shown that databases are
>record-keeping, that record-keeping is not modelling, then it stands that
>we would not call databases models.

     No. Databases could be both record-keeping and models.

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko Received on Tue Apr 26 2005 - 18:39:11 CEST