Re: Why use relational tables in OO (please just take a look inside)

From: H. S. Lahman (h.lahman_at_verizon.net)
Date: 03/18/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 17:43:51 GMT

Responding to Foster...

>>I see basically the same outcome if one tries to overlay relational
>>construction paradigms on OO -- a bunch of VB programs with strong typing.
>
>
> Relational theory is merely an extension of set theory. If set
> theory is incompatible with OO, then OO is obviously worthless.

It is the query-based construction view of the relational model that is
incompatible, not the model itself.

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