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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 2006-06-02 13:41:28 -0400, "erk" <eric.kaun_at_gmail.com> said:
> In what sense are the "objects" returned by various SQL interfaces
> "lower" than the surrounding language? It's at least comparing apples
> and oranges, and at most inverting the true relationship, to claim that
> the host language is "higher level" simply because it's invoking the
> services of the DBMS.
I don't care what sense you give to higher and lower. I simply put the DB on the bottom and the App on the top. Please feel free to invert the diagram if that makes you feel better.
-- 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 - 14:32:36 CDT
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