Re: Mixing OO and DB
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:38:07 -0400
Message-ID: <47aef031$0$4038$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net>
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> I would have said "DBMSes are just one type of software." Is that what you
> meant?
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> I don't think of a database as "software".
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> I agree with much of your major point, by the way.
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:38:07 -0400
Message-ID: <47aef031$0$4038$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net>
David Cressey wrote:
> "Patrick May" <pjm_at_spe.com> wrote in message news:m2sl01sawh.fsf_at_spe.com...
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>>mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> writes: >> >>>Patrick May wrote: >>> >>>> I prefer to work with people who understand procedural, >>>>relational, OO, and functional programming. The boundaries between >>>>these paradigms are not sharp -- useful techniques span paradigms. >>>>Ultimately I'm looking for a gestalt development environment that >>>>leverages the benefits of the superset of these techniques to >>>>deliver high quality software. That's the real goal, after all. >>> >>>That is stricly one side of the fence - it is the goal for a >>>software development process. The goal for a DB is to serve as a >>>vehicle to manage data. >> >> I disagree. Software is a means to an end, not an end in itself, >>at least in the vast majority of commercial settings. Databases are >>just one type of software.
>
> I would have said "DBMSes are just one type of software." Is that what you
> meant?
>
> I don't think of a database as "software".
>
> I agree with much of your major point, by the way.
When did vehicles cease to be means to ends and become ends themselves? Received on Sun Feb 10 2008 - 06:38:07 CST