Re: If you were to implement the original relation algebra language...
From: Marshall Spight <mspight_at_dnai.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 18:42:56 GMT
Message-ID: <Q6Ovb.208724$275.779602_at_attbi_s53>
> I guess we would be better off moving away from infix operators and using
> prefix/functional operations instead in relational algebra grammers.
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 18:42:56 GMT
Message-ID: <Q6Ovb.208724$275.779602_at_attbi_s53>
"Paul Vernon" <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm> wrote in message news:bpkvlo$1h6a$1_at_gazette.almaden.ibm.com...
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> I guess we would be better off moving away from infix operators and using
> prefix/functional operations instead in relational algebra grammers.
I think we would be better off providing the language with enough flexibility so that the programmer can choose the most appropriate form of expression at the time. cf. Haskell.
Marshall Received on Sat Nov 22 2003 - 19:42:56 CET