Re: Understanding search queries, semantics, and Meaning ...aren't we all looking for meaning?

2009-01-14 Thread Aahz
In article 82372457-2503-4682-96b3-37540328b...@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com, 5lvqbw...@sneakemail.com wrote: I have Section 4.4.1 of SICP rattling around in my head (database queries), and I'm trying to come up with a simple dictionary-based database in Python to represent circuit diagrams. My

Re: Understanding search queries, semantics, and Meaning ...aren't we all looking for meaning?

2009-01-01 Thread Jonathan Gardner
On Dec 30 2008, 3:25 pm, 5lvqbw...@sneakemail.com wrote: In a typical SQL database, when you type in SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE baz='bo', you are not writing a program, at least not in the sense of Python or C or Java or Perl where you give instructions on HOW to run the program. You are

Understanding search queries, semantics, and Meaning ...aren't we all looking for meaning?

2008-12-30 Thread 5lvqbwl02
I have Section 4.4.1 of SICP rattling around in my head (database queries), and I'm trying to come up with a simple dictionary-based database in Python to represent circuit diagrams. My main confusion isn't one of implementation, but a matter of big thinking, fundamentally, about the problem.

Re: Understanding search queries, semantics, and Meaning ...aren't we all looking for meaning?

2008-12-30 Thread Jonathan Gardner
On Dec 30, 12:35 pm, 5lvqbw...@sneakemail.com wrote: I have Section 4.4.1 of SICP rattling around in my head (database queries), and I'm trying to come up with a simple dictionary-based database in Python to represent circuit diagrams.  My main confusion isn't one of implementation, but a

Re: Understanding search queries, semantics, and Meaning ...aren't we all looking for meaning?

2008-12-30 Thread 5lvqbwl02
library, as I'm looking to learn to fish, so to speak, and to learn a bit about the biology of fish. I'm going to break rule #1 of your requirements but in an unexpected way. Rather than studying PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle, why don't you crack open the topic of relational database theory