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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,508516c114ade8e1 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Received: by 10.68.241.37 with SMTP id wf5mr13333549pbc.4.1329246490098; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:08:10 -0800 (PST) Path: wr5ni25039pbc.0!nntp.google.com!news2.google.com!volia.net!news2.volia.net!feed-A.news.volia.net!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ada without ada libraries? Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:08:07 +0100 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <82mx8tttx7.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <120f2efrm73fc$.mi1m9kwbbkes$.dlg@40tude.net> <1o71uiwmoiunb.bkjz8c54rcbl.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: XZfFzKekCOFJcoZatuLArw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.61 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Date: 2012-02-14T20:08:07+01:00 List-Id: Le Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:40:40 +0100, Dmitry A. Kazakov = a =C3=A9crit: > But SQL miserably fails as a language of relation algebra. I think tha= t = > an > Ada implementation based on aggregates to describe tuples would be muc= h > better. If ARG concentrated on improving the Ada's type system rather = = > than > on hacking limited returns and exception throwing comments, Ada could > certainly be perfect for that. > > Apart from the fact that a relational DB is not the brightest idea in = the > world, when it comes to the objects just a bit more complex than integ= er = > or > string. Related reading: http://archive.adaic.com/docs/reports/card/object-db/object-db-slides.ps= Applies to Ada 95 (the document's year is 1997). -- = =E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1] =E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.= =E2=80=9D [1] [1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers= ity