Don't forget to read about CPL and Kleisli
http://sdmc.krdl.org.sg/kleisli/limsoon.html
Simon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Pledger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 12:17 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Haskell as a relational database language
>
>
> Hi.
>
> If any of you have already looked into this area, please let me know.
>
> In the last 12 months or so, all the database-related messages in this
> list have involved interfacing to SQL engines. By contrast, how about
> using Haskell as a non-SQL relational database language?
>
> The basis I'm using for database language design is the book
> "Foundation for Object/Relational Databases: The Third Manifesto", by
> C. J. Date and Hugh Darwen. This book includes criteria for a good
> relational database language. Haskell, with the TREX extension, is
> the nearest match I've seen for these criteria, among languages which
> have any implementations.
>
> The language design criteria do not cover persistent storage,
> concurrency, and some other issues which can be treated as belonging
> to the DBMS implementation.
>
> This topic is a personal interest, not part of any of my employer's
> R&D projects.
>
> Regards,
> Tom Pledger
>
