Re: Storing data and code in a Db with LISP-like interface
From: Ken Tilton <kentilton_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:38:41 -0500
Message-ID: <RZwWf.763$FA6.251_at_fe12.lga>
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> I used to store snippets of code or subroutine calls in the database
> during my ExBase days. Generally they were refered to as "control
> tables":
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> http://www.geocities.com/tablizer/cntrl1.htm
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> However, it is best to have a dynamically-typed RDB for such, and only
> SqLite comes close to this feature that I know of.
>
> But, what is wrong with tables such that the Lisp proponent does not
> want to use them?
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:38:41 -0500
Message-ID: <RZwWf.763$FA6.251_at_fe12.lga>
topmind wrote:
> 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."
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> 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?
ken
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