Re: more closed-world chatter
Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 15:28:06 GMT
Message-ID: <ao1%h.161419$aG1.45886_at_pd7urf3no>
Cimode wrote:
> ...
> It seems to me that the spirit of your question leads to the computing
> model that actually allows the representation of sets. What I mean is
> that the arbitration of whether exceptions should or shoud not occur
> is tightly bound to the chronological availability of the information
> to the db engine of set disjointness/non disjointness. As a
> consequence, I believe the arbitration is more related to the
> computing model that would allow the implementation of a TRDBMS,
> rather than the abstract aspect of RM.
> ...
Philosophically, I think I buy that. I don't know how useful it is but I like such extreme questions if only because they help me find a useful logical "centre".
p Received on Sat May 05 2007 - 17:28:06 CEST