Re: The Terrific Trio

"Cimode" <cimode_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4dac40a1-aba4-4ae4-b5f9-f5241c94e1e1_at_28g2000hsw.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 2, 12:57 pm, "David Cressey" <cresse..._at_verizon.net> wrote:
> > "Cimode" <cim..._at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > 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?
>
> Sorry no meant disrespect...Just a slight pun onto the need of
> creating MOE. The two previous sufficient (I meant LARRY and CURLY).

I should have attributed the response "What are you, a wise guy?" to Moe. It does sound like something Moe would have said. Received on Mon Mar 03 2008 - 16:34:05 CET