Re: New RDBMS implementation

From: Anthony W. Youngman <wol_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 23:41:19 +0100
Message-ID: <8RXoP0EP8rmAFw8f_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk>


In message <pan.2004.05.06.16.06.37.397140_at_dutra.fastmail.fm>, Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra <leandro_at_dutra.fastmail.fm> writes
>> Can you imagine a business relational database without real relvars and
>> views?
>
> I do think functions would do just OK. That said, there is no
>such thing as a pure functional language... all of them have side
>effects, and there lies their usefulness.

Forth?

Cheers,
Wol

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