Re: deductive databases

mountain man wrote:
[snip "recursion useful to solve part explosion problems"]

> In fact there are literally hundreds of alternative work-
> arounds to this type of problem without involving
> any form of esoteric generalised recursion theory.

<delurk>

Just curious:
What is esoteric about it?
Or: What makes you look for alternatives?

</delurk>

> ...
> If you relied upon theory you'd have a problem.
> Fortunately there are viable practice-based
> alternatives in SQL.
Received on Sat May 14 2005 - 04:59:20 CDT