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

From: Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox_at_dmitry-kazakov.de>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 20:10:31 +0200
Message-ID: <usqrkcxlcqdp$.z1o9xj5l0bzy$.dlg@40tude.net>

On 1 May 2006 08:46:44 -0700, Marshall Spight wrote:

> Alvin Ryder wrote:

>> Marshall  Spight wrote:
>>
>>> And anyway, I wouldn't say the RM is the best tool for
>>> *everything.* Just the best tool for data management.
>>
>> Only certain kinds of data, it's not very good for: temporal, spatial,
>> logic, oo, multimedia, unstructured and document libraries, ... but yes
>> it has some strengths too.

>
> The RM is a practical application of set theory.

The whole CS is. That includes OO (no matter what some proselytes would say.)

> Is set theory
> good for some kinds of data but not others? Set theory
> is foundational. The analogy to what you are saying ("good
> for some things, not for others") would be like saying that
> some parts of a house need a foundation, but not others.
>
> What kinds of data can't you put in sets?

Wrong question. Even a far more narrow measure, Turing completeness is too rough.

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