Re: Functions in the relational context

DBMS_Plumber <paul_geoffrey_brown_at_yahoo.com> wrote in news:34275391-9ca2- 4305-b205-6fe063df8eb3_at_s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

> Predictions:
>
> 1. Someone is about to re-invent functional data languages
> (Datalog).

Datalog is Prolog's younger brother, and Prolog is *not* a functional language. Despite some similarities, logical programming is substantially different from FP.

>
> 2. The re-invention of Datalog will lead to a re-discovery of why
> functional languages (while useful in their own context) aren't really
> useful for scalable data management (optimization needs an algebra).

See above, and try to learn the difference between LP and FP. Who knows, you may even succeed ...

>
> 3. Everyone will agree that SQL sucks but nothing can be done about
> it.
>
Received on Sat Mar 08 2008 - 00:49:44 CET