>> Yes, and all SQL products worth their salt include some languages to
>> provide iteration and other processing that SQL can't do or doesn't do
>> well. Why must the rules be different for a truly relational db. (see
>> http://dbappbuilder.sourceforge.net/Rel.html)
> I may get interested if some actual software which implements Date's
> Relational Model ever comes out. Or I may not, as I am getting lots
> of useful work done using SQL and friends. We empiricists are like that.
You mean like the Java software I pointed out in the link above? It's an
implementation of Tutorial D.
>>> What say we just stop right there and call Date's Relational Model
>>> what it is: a silly edifice built atop wrong premises.
>>
>> Using that logic, we should kick SQL to the curb too.
>>
>
> Um, no. You haven't actually used the logic. You're just saying you
> did, which is different. I've got to say you're reminding me of just about
> every Libertarian, Communist, or other kind of doctrinaire moonbat I've
> run across. Having a theory is nice, but when reality bumps up against
> it, that means the theory, not reality, is wrong.
What's with the insults? Cool off or something...
-M