Re: Just one more anecdote

dawn wrote:
>
> Just on the off chance that perhaps someday you will want to do an
> implementation with a different model than the one you currently use, I
> suggest that it really is a good idea to aim first to prepare a model
> without regard for the target implementation. Just a suggestion, of
> course.

I hate to get all Fabian-Pascally on you, but the thing about this is that the RM is based on set theory.

>From Wikipedia:

"Set theory .... can be viewed as both the foundation upon which nearly all of mathematics can be built and the source from which nearly all mathematics can be derived."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set)

There just aren't a lot of candidates for that position running around. How often do we expect a new comprehensive foundation for mathematics to come along? It doesn't seem like an event one should optimize for.

I believe that you have identified quite a number of significant deficiencies in *SQL*, among them 3VL, lack of change management features, lack of support for ordered data, etc. I am fully subscribed to the idea that these problems can and should be fixed.

At the same time, I *don't* believe that you've made even a chip in the giant granite edifice that is set theory, aka the RM.

Marshall Received on Tue Aug 02 2005 - 20:27:17 CDT