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It's the other way around. We use tables because they help us to massively simplify the processing of data. Do you want to deal with graphs? The algorithms in
by Shorel 4y ago
It's the other way around.
We use tables because they help us to massively simplify the processing of data.
Do you want to deal with graphs? The algorithms involved are harder than what your intuition is telling you.
In fact, the first databases, before relational databases were in vogue, were hierarchical/network databases.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODASYL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODASYL
They were obsoleted and replaced when RDMS appeared.
- xpe 4y agoYou are talking past the other person... too much certainty, too few questions. CODASYL is probably not remotely close to what the GP is talking about w.r.t. how humans think in graphs.