You're scaring me, Debster!
I forgot to mention that the function of "and" in our very-high-level
language, called English, is to denote that the next value is
end-of-list. Maybe we should have an "and" special character in MV?
The substringing of the attributes in the MV system is implemented by
scanning the characters and "blocking" the data between delimiters...
just like we real humans scan a sentence.
Now I am scaring you???
If IBM or MS had just discovered MV yesterday, it would be heralded
as a huge break-through in digital technology.
Too bad IBM didn't bump into Richard Pick instead of Bill Gates when
they went looking for someone to implement a small and inconsequential
operating system for the PC.!!!! Yikes, instead of Legacy, MV would
be on 98% of all computers in the West AND China.
Patrick Williams, President,
American Computer Technics, Inc.
www.actLinux.com
Debster wrote:
BTW..
I'm glad you didn't list your hobbies as
Robbery,Rape,Murder
and errrrr...you would not have the "and" as you listed
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Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:43 PM
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Subject: [U2] Multi-value harmful? To whom?
Real life information consists of multi-value attributes, as in the
example given, one person has many hobbies. Our English language
accommodates multi-values with a comma as a delimiter. Thus, my
hobbies are volleyball, gardening, swimming, and radio-controlled
aircraft. Note the commas. Was this harmful to anyone's brain. Did
anyone misunderstand? If digital technology is to advance it must
accommodate the real-word and reflect rather than obfuscate that
reality... It seems that only Multi-Value database systems do that.
So why are they considered "Legacy" database systems?
Patrick J. Williams, President
American Computer Technics, Inc.
www.actLinux.com
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