Re: Dreaming About Redesigning SQL

In article <bn0j82$1gnm$1(at)gazette(dot)almaden(dot)ibm(dot)com>, Paul Vernon
<paul(dot)vernon(at)ukk(dot)ibmm(dot)comm> writes
>No, I think Anthony is just saying that he doesn't "believe" in science/the
>scientific method. Or maybe he believes that engineering is not based on
>scientific knowledge!

Actually, I *DO* believe in the Scientific Method.

I just fail to see the connection between Scientific Method and
Relational. The former is Science, the latter is Maths. Please tell me
how I can use relational theory to predict the future. Without that,
relational is unprovable, and hence unscientific.

Note I didn't say relational is *incorrect* - the ideas of
"mathematically correct" and "scientifically provable" are orthogonal,
and have nothing to say about each other.

Cheers,
Wol
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