Re: Object-relational impedence

From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:47:17 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <95e521a9-59d9-440a-a144-7c878d33a51e_at_s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com>


On Mar 5, 1:24 am, S Perryman <q..._at_q.com> wrote:
> Robert Martin wrote:
> > On 2008-03-03 18:34:39 -0600, Marshall <marshall.spi..._at_gmail.com> said:
> >> In SQL, if I have two relations with x and y int columns, I can
> >> union them, or join on them, or whatever. There is no way,
> >> in fact, to forbid such a thing, just like in Java there is no way
> >> to allow such a thing.
> > You are confusing OO with static typing. In OO languages like Ruby,
> > Python, or Smalltalk you can pass any object to any function
> > irrespective of type.
>
> And you (both) are equating the (strong) typing model of Simula as the
> only strong typing model.

No I most certainly am not, and there isn't anything in my post that could lead one to conclude that I am.

Marshall Received on Wed Mar 05 2008 - 17:47:17 CET

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