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

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 8 May 2006 07:34:06 -0700
Message-ID: <1147098846.558406.36470@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>

JOG wrote:
> Marshall Spight wrote:
> >
> > Does programming language X have natural join? Does it allow
> > me to use the relational algebra in a way that is at least as
> > easy at it is in SQL?
>
> Do I remember reading that you were designing something
> of this nature Marshall?

[removing comp.object]

Yes, although the progress is very slow. It turns out that you can't just wave your hands around the rough parts in programming language design the way you can in a usenet argument. :-)

The basic idea is a programming language built around the two operators of Tropashko's Relational Lattice. The language is impurely functional, a la SML. I am working very hard on the type system.

When I started on the project, my intent was to solve the so-called "impedance mismatch" by bringing relational operations into an OO language, but over the years, the OO parts have almost completely dropped away.

Marshall Received on Mon May 08 2006 - 09:34:06 CDT