Re: Web Rule Language - WRL vs SWRL

Bijan Parsia:
>
> > This reminds me of the early days of SQL. Back then people believed 
> > that practitioners will actually understand the semantics *and use it*.
> 
> I wonder if Date et al would diagnose things the same way.
> 
> (Actually, I don't wonder. I so believe :))

Date was not an inventor of SQL, but I don't see why he or any other author
of a database textbook (myself included!) should be anything but fond of SQL.
After all, its screwy nature helps the bottom line.

But Jim Gray gave a speech at PODS/SIGMOD in 1999 where he said:
I invented it, and I apologize.



	--michael 

Received on Thursday, 30 June 2005 03:36:13 UTC