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,afb0cacfa5b1eece,start X-Google-Thread: f98db,afb0cacfa5b1eece,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,gidf98db,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news3.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!router2.astraweb.com!news.astraweb.com!router1.astraweb.com!news.alt.net!anon.lcs.mit.edu!nym.alias.net!mail2news X-SpamCatcher-Score: 2 [X] From: "Wa Benzi" Subject: 'Gard' - Genuine Ada Relational Database, semi-proposal X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.3.8 Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:03:52 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mail-To-News-Contact: postmaster@nym.alias.net Organization: mail2news@nym.alias.net Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,alt.deposit Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3293 alt.deposit:13 Date: 2006-03-08T14:03:52+02:00 List-Id: SQL is a popular dead-end. People chose databases for reliability, ultimately. The following URL leads you to a discussion about what is required for a genuinely relational database: http://dbappbuilder.sourceforge.net/Rel.html#Architecture Why not translate this genuine relational database into Ada and throw out SQL? The basic structure of a parser exists in Java. It shouldn't be that difficult to design and impelment at least an equivalent to the teaching model discussed at the above URL. Beyond that, Ada ought to give the opportunity to engineer it to a rock-solid high performance engine. It could be packaged with AdaOS (at an early stage of development, I know, but still). The advantages seem to me to be considerable. --- Sent from UnionMail Service [http://mail.union.org.za]