Re: TRM and sorts
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:22:16 GMT
Message-ID: <cPmEi.136963$fJ5.14151_at_pd7urf1no>
Cimode wrote:
...
> Quite frankly I do not think order is a major drawback that could make
> TRM deficient . From the experience I had in the last years, the main
> drawback I have found is that it requires more mathematical tools to
> support some undefined areas of TRM where basic computing operations
> (permutations and combinations) are not sufficient anymore to
> implement relational algebra concepts. For instance, at the moment I
> am considering using vectorial mahematical tools to support the
> implementation of run time domains.
> ...
just my attitude, but I think lack of ordering or grouping support is right up there with lack of transitive closure logic as a most unfortunate omission. maybe that goes back to the times when I couldn't understand why either the biggest number or the smallest number wasn't printed first on the 1403 fan-fold pages, preferably the largest absolute number first AFAIWC. my attitude is probably completely psychological and maybe pathological too as far as some are concerned. can't give conventional, aka current, justification for that, sorry!
p Received on Sat Sep 08 2007 - 03:22:16 CEST