Re: Shared game-data (was: Storing data and code in a Db with LISP-like interface)

>In business systems it is desirable to normalize the data, lets just
>discuss first normal form, all attributes are atomic.

>OTOH game objects contain some atomic types but they also contain
>pointers, other objects, trees, collections ... which is all very
>non-atomic and very non-normalized.

Wrong. It is evident that you don't know the Relational Model very well. That's why you don't see its relevance in game programming, which is evident for people with a good understanding of the RM like Bob and Marshall.

That's all.

Regards
  Alfredo Received on Sun Apr 30 2006 - 04:58:18 CDT