From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,bf02c238a92156a3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Windows Ada database support. Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:56:58 +0100 Organization: cbb software GmbH Message-ID: <8qgugzt7ulu7.s6o4pai6wj5z.dlg@40tude.net> References: <1pfbqtrpc3y3v$.1j9ia6xrmr4pc$.dlg@40tude.net> <2004112719465816807%david@bottoncom> <1wgmsz9nqhzhm.8k6e3o359925$.dlg@40tude.net> <37sspx71yo3v.x8x09ens9mfk.dlg@40tude.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de BkEgYxaB9K21dOJocR8CLQ17hJEggy5lNV3QOixAwFuXTaKwM= User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.12.1 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6593 Date: 2004-11-28T19:56:58+01:00 List-Id: On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 17:47:34 +0000, Marius Amado Alves wrote: > Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: >> Yes, though I am not sure whether a relational view is the best way of >> abstraction. But an abstraction should be. > > For an alternative to the relational model see my Mneson system, based > on a network model. The relational model is highly overrated. The most > known network models e.g. CODASYL were not pure enough to constitute a > true alternative, and now the world now only knows relational. Mneson is > pure. Is anybody here to argue for an hierarchical model to complete the picture? (:-)) Yes, in general I would agree with your assessment. -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de