Re: C# 3.0 with pseudorelational extensions

From: BobTheDataBaseBoy <"xxx>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:37:52 -0400
Message-ID: <57mdndywqsfJybHeRVn-iw@rcn.net>

Marshall Spight wrote:
> Mikito Harakiri wrote:
>

>>IMO, the most impressive part of the presentation was at the very end,
>>when the talked about database organization of the developers code.
>>"Select all the buttons and change their shape" didn't we ranted about
>>it here 5 years ago? Therefore, it's not really about the integration
>>of SQL with procedural programming (how can you embed high abstraction
>>language with the framework of low one?), its extending the boundaries
>>of database applications to novel areas.

>
>
> I have no idea whether DLinq is well-executed or not. But I'm
> convinced that unifying the capabilities of the dbms and the
> general purpose programming language will lead to some great
> things.
>

prolog appeared within months of RM, and was based on just that premise.   it hasn't taken the world by storm in the decades since.

> I also agree that O/R mapping, as it is commonly practiced, is
> mostly about throwing out relational functionality and putting
> an OO face on what's left behind. And I'm convinced that this
> is *not* a useful approach.

it's an idea made be people who don't know how computers actually work.
>
>
> Marshall
>

Bob Received on Sat Sep 17 2005 - 12:37:52 CDT