Re: Objects and Relations
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:03:09 GMT
Message-ID: <h9MDh.467$PV3.7639_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
>> On Feb 23, 11:24 am, paul c <toledobythe..._at_oohay.ac> wrote:
>>
>>> Lemming wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:50:55 GMT, Bob Badour
>>>> <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ...
>>>>> Humans tend toward laziness and complacency. Something has to shock
>>>>> them
>>>
>>>
>>>>> from their revery before they act.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Blimey, seems like school is out again.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'll come back in a week or so. Maybe there will be some grownups
>>>> here by then.
>>>
>>>
>>> Blimey yourself. Things aren't likely to change in ten years at the
>>> rate this group is going. The thread title, "Objects and Relations"
>>> ought to tell any regular reader that it is about apples and oranges aka
>>> minotaurs and two-legged creatures.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, like most on this NG you say that RM+RA is for recording and
>> managing data, while OO is not. Unfortunately this view is
>> simplistic.
>>
>> Consider the following
>> * Images
>> * Text
>> * Source code
>> * Scenegraphs
>> * CAD drawings
>> * Tri-surfaces
>> * Web pages
>> * Sound data
>> * Video data
>>
>> None of these areas appear to be handled particularly well with RM
>> +RA. Yet they all represent problem domains where data needs to be
>> recorded, persisted and managed.
>> ...
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:03:09 GMT
Message-ID: <h9MDh.467$PV3.7639_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
paul c wrote:
> David BL wrote: >
>> On Feb 23, 11:24 am, paul c <toledobythe..._at_oohay.ac> wrote:
>>
>>> Lemming wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:50:55 GMT, Bob Badour
>>>> <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ...
>>>>> Humans tend toward laziness and complacency. Something has to shock
>>>>> them
>>>
>>>
>>>>> from their revery before they act.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Blimey, seems like school is out again.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'll come back in a week or so. Maybe there will be some grownups
>>>> here by then.
>>>
>>>
>>> Blimey yourself. Things aren't likely to change in ten years at the
>>> rate this group is going. The thread title, "Objects and Relations"
>>> ought to tell any regular reader that it is about apples and oranges aka
>>> minotaurs and two-legged creatures.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, like most on this NG you say that RM+RA is for recording and
>> managing data, while OO is not. Unfortunately this view is
>> simplistic.
>>
>> Consider the following
>> * Images
>> * Text
>> * Source code
>> * Scenegraphs
>> * CAD drawings
>> * Tri-surfaces
>> * Web pages
>> * Sound data
>> * Video data
>>
>> None of these areas appear to be handled particularly well with RM
>> +RA. Yet they all represent problem domains where data needs to be
>> recorded, persisted and managed.
>> ...
With the above, the self-aggrandizing ignorant exposes his lack of imagination along with his ignorance.
> This has come up so many times over the years but it still amazes me as > to why people are so attracted to such a vague mystical stance. You > might as well say the King James Bible is a valid topic for this group.
Hear! Hear!
[snip] Received on Sat Feb 24 2007 - 02:03:09 CET