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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> comp.databases.theory -> Re: The wisdom of the object mentors (Was: Searching OO Associations with RDBMS Persistence Models)
On 2006-06-13 09:10:52 -0400, "erk" <eric.kaun_at_gmail.com> said:
> And to address your point even more directly, a relational calculus IS
> simpler than a "bucket of bits." Presumably, you believe that objects
> are simpler (for us, the users!) than direct memory addresses and the
> typeless values stored therein?
Yes, I quite agree. I also think that abstraction is a very powerful tool. So I think I benefit from simplicity if I can relegate all that relational calculus to one part of the program and allow the other parts of the program to treat the DB as a bucket of bits.
-- Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) | email: unclebob_at_objectmentor.com Object Mentor Inc. | blog: www.butunclebob.com The Agile Transition Experts | web: www.objectmentor.com 800-338-6716 |Received on Tue Jun 20 2006 - 11:58:14 CDT
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