Re: Storing data and code in a Db with LISP-like interface
From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2006 07:28:07 -0800
Message-ID: <1143732487.477705.155990_at_g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2006 07:28:07 -0800
Message-ID: <1143732487.477705.155990_at_g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
topmind wrote:
> Ken Tilton wrote:
> >
> > The world is not columns and rows, so you are forcing an unnatural
> > representation onto your data.
>
> The world is a big tangled graph/network.
Nowhere in the physical world will you find a mathematical object. Directly comparing anything physical to anything mathematical is invalid.
The question of what kind of mathematical structure is best suited for a particular task is a good one. The question of which one is most like "the Real World(tm)" or "the way the Human Mind works" is not useful, and won't get you anywhere.
Marshall
Received on Thu Mar 30 2006 - 17:28:07 CEST