Re: What databases have taught me
From: Keith H Duggar <duggar_at_alum.mit.edu>
Date: 23 Jun 2006 19:01:40 -0700
Message-ID: <1151114500.624908.199320_at_u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>
Date: 23 Jun 2006 19:01:40 -0700
Message-ID: <1151114500.624908.199320_at_u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>
Bob Badour wrote :
> Arguably, [OO] is the right tool for constructing large
> unpredictable state machines out of small predictable
> state machines, which is the task for which it was
> originally invented.
> However, even for expressing simulations, I have found the
> relational model and predicate calculus even more
> effective than OO.
>
> For instance, I recently posted in c.d.t the bulk of a
> relational solution for simulating simple digital
> circuits. I have previously created a similar simulation
> using OO and the relational solution is smaller, clearer
> and more elegant.
- Keith -- Fraud 6