Re: Constraints and Functional Dependencies

On 25 fév, 00:22, paul c <toledobythe..._at_oohay.ac> wrote:
> mAsterdam wrote:
> > paul c wrote:
> > ...
> >> I think nothing at all should be read into the names.
>
> > I think that is an overly structuralist point of view.
> > ...
>
> In that case overly structualist means logical and merely structuralist
> presumably falls short of being logical. I fail to see how an
> implementation can read anything into the names other than their
> position in a structure, eg., in some syntax. An implementation
> presumably expresses the logical theory in play. In Codd's case the
> theory is FOL plus his extensions, neither of which attach import to
> choice of names.
Codd's structuralist choices and proposal were influenced by context. That should be put in perspective.
> p
Received on Sun Feb 25 2007 - 12:37:21 CET