frebe73_at_gmail.com wrote:
>>>> I see a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>problem in the fact that HTML is hierachial and select statements
>>>>>doesn't seem suitable for returning hierachial results. But what if a
>>>>>relational version of HTML existed, would the select statement be
>>>>>suitable for buildning the GUI too?
>>>>
>>>>If you are asking whether one could devise a relational schema to
>>>>describe a document or user interface, the answer is obviously yes.
>>>
>>>If a relational schema could describe a html document, why couldn't a
>>>declarative relational language be used to derive that document from
>>>other data? Why do we have to use imperative languages to build a html
>>>document?
>>
>>If one has a relational description of a document or user interface, why
>>on earth would one bother with HTML?
>
> Maybe I was not clear enough. I was talking about the relational schema
> as an alternative to HTML, but describing the same information. But the
> questions remains, suppose we had such schema, would a declarative
> relational language help us buildning the schema data, or would
> imperative languages still be the best solution?
I don't see that it is an either/or decision.
Received on Wed Jul 05 2006 - 20:17:31 CDT
