On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Alessio Stalla <alessiosta...@gmail.com> wrote: [snip most of another post whose sole purpose seems to be to gainsay anything I write] >> "Database" and >> "DBMS" are used more-or-less synonymously (when "database" isn't used >> more broadly than ACID/SQL/etc.) and the "S" in "DBMS" stands for >> "server". > > No, it stands for "system"
I've seen it spelled out as "database management server" innumerable times. >> SQL is to databases/clients as HTTP GET/POST syntax is to >> web servers/browsers. Etc. > > HTTP is defined in terms of network communication, though you could in > principle make process-local HTTP requests. SQL instead doesn't need > to know anything at all about networking. I didn't say "HTTP", I said "HTTP GET/POST syntax". That's carried over HTTP the way SQL is carried over a DBMS wire protocol. > So, "repository" does not imply "server" at all, This is getting silly. "Repository" is a word that brings immediately to mind typing checkin and checkout commands at a command prompt in order to work on source code that is stored remotely. And remotely implies "server". -- Protege: What is this seething mass of parentheses?! Master: Your father's Lisp REPL. This is the language of a true hacker. Not as clumsy or random as C++; a language for a more civilized age. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
