Re: A Logical Model for Lists as Relations
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 19:10:20 GMT
Message-ID: <w459g.6866$A26.173550_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
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> I believe python and icon are examples of languages which treat
> character strings as lists, but also contain other generic containers
> such as maps. I'm not aware of any languages (outside of sql)
> that has anything like a first class treatment for relations, though.
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 19:10:20 GMT
Message-ID: <w459g.6866$A26.173550_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
Marshall Spight wrote:
>>Marshall Spight wrote: >> >>>I hate to respond with such a generic answer, but "for ordered data" >>>is as specific as I can get. Character strings are a good example. >> >>I have yet to see a character string implemented as a list except in >>list-only languages.
>
> I believe python and icon are examples of languages which treat
> character strings as lists, but also contain other generic containers
> such as maps. I'm not aware of any languages (outside of sql)
> that has anything like a first class treatment for relations, though.
Alpha, Quel, The Peterlee Relational Test Vehicle, Dataphor, prolog?, lambda? Received on Fri May 12 2006 - 21:10:20 CEST