Re: Does Codd's view of a relational database differ from that ofDate&Darwin?[M.Gittens]
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:02:37 -0700
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On 11 Jul 2005 11:17:44 -0700, "Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_nospaum_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
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>I am confused by this POSREP thingy. Especially when it is something
>not supported by actually implemented system.
Many programming languages have something like that. You can output a value in a number of forms. POSSREP just extends the idea.
>More important, however, what is all this referring to mathematical
>examples (Circle-Ellipse, Polar-Cartesian) in order to make some
>retarded OOP point? The correspondence between cartesian and polar is
^^^^^^^^ Please do not be rude.
>*interesting* from mathematical perspective. Ditto Circle-Ellipse. It
It is a well-known example of POSSREP as is the temperature example.
>is treated as implementation detail from OOP perspective. If the type
>details are hidden behing some (procedural) code, it leaves no
>possibilities for expression rewriting, optimization, etc.
The procedures might be optimised.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko Received on Mon Jul 11 2005 - 23:02:37 CEST