Re: Shared game-data (was: Storing data and code in a Db with LISP-like interface)
From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_novoa_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 30 Apr 2006 02:58:18 -0700
Message-ID: <1146391097.993877.83760_at_g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
Date: 30 Apr 2006 02:58:18 -0700
Message-ID: <1146391097.993877.83760_at_g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
>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 - 11:58:18 CEST