Re: how to build a database from scratch

From: DBMS_Plumber <paul_geoffrey_brown_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 8 Dec 2006 17:24:30 -0800
Message-ID: <1165627470.476954.76390@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com>

paul c wrote:
> DBMS_Plumber wrote:
> > How can you NOT talk about physical things - data stuctures,
> > algorithms, bits, bytes etc - and still have anything relevant to say
> > about "how to implement a DBMS"?
> >
>
> It's easy with practice, you must try it. With enough effort it will
> make things much simpler for you (which is the sensible goal, even if
> most marketing types don't know how to make a profit by selling simpler).

We have now passed through the realm of utter rubbish and into the realm of pure gibberish.

Describe a B-Tree in language other than the language of data structures, algorithms, and procedural code. Describe its theoretical properties in terms other than those of complexity theory. We are not talking about how to implement 'a database' - but how to implement a bloody Database MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - to wit, a tool for implementing databases with. Received on Fri Dec 08 2006 - 19:24:30 CST