Re: The Practical Benefits of the Relational Model

paul_geoffrey_brown_at_yahoo.com (Paul G. Brown) wrote in message news:<57da7b56.0209141701.78adb29e_at_posting.google.com>...
> And on alternatives: I've used quel, and worked with Datalog, and I've
> done some Prolog. But the closest thing I've seen to the kind of interface
> you're describing is Access and something called 'Visionary', which are
> both distinguished by the fact that they're not languages at all! But to
> be truly useful these kinds of tools need strongly typed schema (something
> more semantically rich than lots of INTEGER and VARCHAR(32) columns).

I am implying D4, which is our algebraic implementation of 'D'. I'll post a link to the (vastly improved) language docs when we release our new version (soon).

> Also: Beware building a tool any fool could use. Only fools will use it.
> (I wish I'd made that up. )

Though cynicism may be cute and often fitting, it is sometime tiring. Especially to those who are giving their all in efforts to better the situation. ;-)

Your warning would be true for a "lowest common denominator" compromise, but doesn't describe "powerfully simple" solutions.

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Nathan Allan