Re: Does Codd's view of a relational database differ from that ofDate&Darwin?[M.Gittens]
From: Jan Hidders <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:12:20 GMT
Message-ID: <oKiue.127259$Ua5.7044141_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be>
>>Alfredo Novoa wrote:
>>
>>>Declarative is not the contrary of imperative, it is the contrary of
>>>procedural, and Daplex is very procedural besides imperative.
>>
>>The words "procedural" and "imperative" are in this context largely
>>synonymous.
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:12:20 GMT
Message-ID: <oKiue.127259$Ua5.7044141_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be>
Alfredo Novoa wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 06:42:47 GMT, Jan Hidders > <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be> wrote:
>>Alfredo Novoa wrote:
>>
>>>Declarative is not the contrary of imperative, it is the contrary of
>>>procedural, and Daplex is very procedural besides imperative.
>>
>>The words "procedural" and "imperative" are in this context largely
>>synonymous.
> > They are largely confused, but not synonymous. > > http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?imperative+language
The context in which the term was used was query languages, not update languages.
- Jan Hidders