Re: Using relational algebra in a general purpose programming language

Stavros Macrakis <macrakis@app3.osf.org>
20 Oct 1996 16:47:30 -0400

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From: Stavros Macrakis <macrakis@app3.osf.org>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 20 Oct 1996 16:47:30 -0400
Organization: OSF Research Institute
References: 96-10-067
Keywords: design

justus <niels@po.ia.dk> writes:


> [Can] the relational algebra could be used as the fundmental
> underlying paradigm in a general purpose programming language[?]


A Web search finds a goodly amount of material with the query
"relational programming". Some older work that you may find
interesting:


-- Bruce MacLennan wrote some papers on "relational programming" some
      years ago.


-- The SETL group at NYU did a lot in this area.


-- Functional programming is often done in a relational style.


An interesting exercise is to see which general-purpose languages
support a generic, parameterized, or object type mechanism general
enough to support relations over arbitrary datatypes. Even harder is
supporting generic operations on relations. Finally, dynamically
creating new relation types presumably requires a dynamic type
system.


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