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Re: Mixing OO and DB

From: Robert Martin <unclebob_at_objectmentor.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 20:08:19 -0600
Message-ID: <2008030820081964440-unclebob_at_objectmentorcom> 






On 2008-03-06 02:34:20 -0600, Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> said:



> On Mar 6, 12:06 am, Robert Martin <uncle..._at_objectmentor.com> wrote:



>> On 2008-03-05 08:33:36 -0600, "David Cressey" <cresse..._at_verizon.net> said:
>> 
>>> All this leads me to claim that data is more fundamental than behavior.  Not
>>> more valid.  Just more fundamental.  You can have systems that have data but
>>> no behavior.
>> 
>> If they have no behavior how can they be systems?




> 

> If your car has no microwave how can it be a vehicle?





Ah yes!  Now I see!  <eyes roll>



> A bunch of 3x5 cards in little drawers at the library is both a system


> and a database.





They are indeed a database.  It is the way that they are used that is 
the system.  Sitting there all alone in the dark with nobody using 
them, they are still a database.  They are not a system.


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