Re: Storing data and code in a Db with LISP-like interface
Date: 28 Mar 2006 22:44:18 -0800
Message-ID: <1143614658.890774.215240_at_e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>
vc wrote:
> Neo wrote:
> > Below is an example script for an experimental db (in development) that
> > can store both data and code.
> >
> > Unlike typical databases, data is not stored using a table/record
> > methodology, but via nodes where each node can connect to any other
> > node, in a manner similar to neurons in the human brain.
>
>
> "We learn from history that we learn nothing from history."
I used to store snippets of code or subroutine calls in the database
during my ExBase days. Generally they were refered to as "control
tables":
http://www.geocities.com/tablizer/cntrl1.htm
However, it is best to have a dynamically-typed RDB for such, and only
SqLite comes close to this feature that I know of.
But, what is wrong with tables such that the Lisp proponent does not
want to use them? The only legit complaint I've ever heard is lack of
-T- Received on Wed Mar 29 2006 - 08:44:18 CEST