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> It's written that way because it stems from relational algebra, A common misconception (that SQL is a realization of RA instead of barely based on it). In R

by mamcx 1y ago

> It's written that way because it stems from relational algebra, A common misconception (that SQL is a realization of RA instead of barely based on it). In RA, is in fact `Relation > Operator`

sgarland 1y ago
Unless I am grossly misunderstanding your notation, I have always seen RA written with the operator first. Some examples: https://cs186berkeley.net/notes/note6/ https://cs186berkeley.net/notes/note6/ https://web.wlu.ca/science/physcomp/ikotsireas/CP465/W1-Intro-Review/RelationalAlgebra.pdf https://web.wlu.ca/science/physcomp/ikotsireas/CP465/W1-Intr... https://home.adelphi.edu/~siegfried/cs443/443l9.pdf https://home.adelphi.edu/~siegfried/cs443/443l9.pdf
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- mamcx 1y ago
  You are correct in that is the notation used, but that is not how it goes internally!