Re: The Terrific Trio

"Cimode" <cimode_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:bf62176a-ce31-47a9-bf28-2326dd43616c_at_h25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On 1 mar, 15:52, "David Cressey" <cresse..._at_verizon.net> wrote:
> > The Terrific Trio.
> >
> > I've been mulling over the discussion about mixing OO and DB, with an
eye
> > towards coming up with a system that permits an object world and a
> > relational schema to interact and collaborate productively. So far,
I've
> > got three components that each cover a piece of the territory.
> >
> > The first part is what I'm calling the "logical array", or "LARRY" for
> > short. LARRY is loosely based on the tables in the programming language
> > LUA.. LARRY permits content based addressing of data in virtually any
form.
> > This includes relational tables, but isn't limited to them.
> >
> > The next part is to have a language that manipulates relations, but one
that
> > can compute anything that's computable. I called this part the
"Completely
> > Universal Relational Language", or "CURLY" for short. CURLY is a little
> > like SQL, but it's been extended to make it complete.
> >
> > The third part is to have a modeling language that's useful from
modeling
> > not only data, but behavior as well. Because the existing models of
> > behavior tend to be centered around graph models, I wanted a modeling
> > language that permitted relational sub-models, but also permitted graph
> > sub-models. I call this modeling language "Model Of Everything", or
"MOE"
> > for short.
> >
> > When you put all three together, (LARRY, CURLY, & MOE), you get an
> > environment that should be the nirvana of computing that we have all
been
> > looking for. I'm starting work on the implementation next week. Stay
> > tuned!
>
> MOE is a looser...;)

What are you, a wise guy? Received on Sun Mar 02 2008 - 13:57:38 CET