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Re: Storing data and code in a Db with LISP-like interface

From: John Landahl <john_at_landahl.org>
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:25:53 -0700
Message-ID: <87y7ynhs5q.fsf@mobile.landahl.org>


"Neo" <neo55592_at_hotmail.com> writes:
[...]
> manipulating code just like data allows solutions for some niche
> applications (AI-ish) that are impractical with existing tools.

You're trying to tell this to the readers of comp.lang.lisp??? What rock did you just crawl out from under?

[...]
> In addition, code should be normalized just like regular data.

Really?

> The real test, can one store code that can either modify itself or
> create new code (which can itself create new code, and so on) using
> its standard Data Manipulation Language (DML)? While I can't fully
> accomplish this yet, I can show a crude example that creates and
> modifies a one line query/code to determine if john's color is blue,
> as shown below:

[...]

You keep taking those blue pills, Neo, and let us know if you ever make it out of the matrix.

-- 
John Landahl <john_at_landahl.org>  "jpl"
http://landahl.org/john
Received on Mon Apr 03 2006 - 05:25:53 CDT

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