Re: Clean Object Class Design -- What is it?

akmal _at_ deja wrote:
>
> I confess, I haven't come across anything that discusses merging
> relational with the language environment. This could be quite
> interesting. Maybe I'll try a search at Michael Ley's web site. Or if
> someone knows of some research ... :)

I would be interested in published research also, though I don't know of any.

About 10 years ago, I built a (regular) programming language based on relational algebra. It generated rather efficient C++ code. Because the application language was set-oriented, it integrated easily with relational DBMSs.

I did use it for real-world applications --- some modules in a CAD system for semiconductors --- specifically a sophisticated placement algorithm and a comprehensive design-rule checker. It turned out to be quite effective.

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