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

From: JOG <jog_at_cs.nott.ac.uk>
Date: 1 May 2006 12:19:00 -0700
Message-ID: <1146511140.391917.81900_at_v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>


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. 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?

Says it all really. Good post. Received on Mon May 01 2006 - 21:19:00 CEST

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