tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post4199307360418343098..comments2024-03-10T12:04:17.661-07:00Comments on The Oracle at Delphi: CEOs, conversations, and logosAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119008505905401707noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-54301408619325771072007-02-23T14:52:44.000-08:002007-02-23T14:52:44.000-08:00i'm not sure how to respond to that, saying th...i'm not sure how to respond to that, saying that "it's nice" would be a start...<br><br><br>beyond poetry, i'd like to see more innovation... breaking down a barrier we're all dealing with today:<br><br><br>*** the one between traditional the language constructs (being functions, delegates, vmts of some sort, classes, templates) and different persistent models (xml, relational databases, etc). so, the one between what you do in Delphi and what you actually need to do with your database backend.<br><br><br>and it's not only that, but we've got componentness, great! design-time-ability, ide-ability, etc<br><br><br>but the initial (higher order algebra) message or even meta-message is kind of last in "translation"<br><br><br>same about composability <br><br><br>what is easier? to pipeline delegate or to walk a expression tree?<br><br><br>these can only be addressed by proper language constructs (compiler support), beyond the imperative Delphi we're dealing today and beyond depending on a relational or less relational model or another<br><br><br>the syndrome of over specifying a solution is like a mantra and i do not think that lambda expressions are good enough, i do not think that wrapping functional programming is good enough... <br><br><br>it's gotta be something beyond that, something which is both (functional) meta-language construct and dynamically pipeable componentness...<br><br><br>this is the kind of innovation one would expect from your database and language architects! <br><br><br>just my 2c, from a rainy late night, in a far away Campus... so far away, that innovation HAPPENS! :-)<br><br><br>good luck a,<br><br>danieldanielnoreply@blogger.com