Re: Shared game-data

From: Adie <adie_at_oh-fuck.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:56:17 GMT
Message-ID: <6z9kauojlp32$.dlg_at_oh-fuck.com>


Neo wrote:

>> Normalization is a data management technique ...

>
> Normalization is a technique which among other things, reduces
> performance. In some gamming apps, the need for speed out weighs the
> need to normalize.

MIS, OLAP, denormalise.. Transaction - normalise  

>> Pointers and objects are implementation techniques. They are software constructs completely divorced from any particular application domain.

>
> Not when the application domain is gamming where requirements for
> performance and flexibility can out weigh data managability.
Received on Sun Apr 30 2006 - 22:56:17 CEST

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