Re: Does Codd's view of a relational database differ from that ofDate&Darwin?[M.Gittens]

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 9 Jun 2005 12:30:16 -0700
Message-ID: <1118345416.962466.307170@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

> What would you like to achieve with the algebra?

Hmmm. What I get from your post is that I really already know what I need to know. Most any modest set of operations will suffice, and everything else can be written in those terms. (get/set/size/insert/delete/concat is more than complete.)

> Note that the point of
> algebras, including the relational algebra, is usually not their
> expressive power, we have programming languages for that.

Wow, I don't think I agree with that. I'd rather write joins and projects and restricts than have to write Java code for doing the same.

> So it is not clear to me what you are looking for.

I guess I'm just nervous that I'm missing some clever formalism which will change my outlook on lists, which I'm beginning to get clear that I'm not.

Marshall Received on Thu Jun 09 2005 - 14:30:16 CDT