> > It's not the same at all. By this standard, Java is > also > > a declarative specification that drives code generation > as > > is any other compiled language. > > A common statement, distracting at best, misleading at > worst. Cornstalks and steel are both made of protons, > neutrons and electrons, but we don't build skyscrapers out > of cornstalks.
But we do build applications with Java and MDA. How is this a valid analogy?
> For the developer, the person who must actually sit at the > keyboard and make an app, code and data are as different > as cornstalks and steel. Definition Oriented Programming, > and Andromeda, derive their advantages from the simple > fact that you can write a developer tool that can analyze > data and prove conclusively what an app will do, which you > cannot do with code.
I'll play along. How would I design a database such that Andromeda would know to send every person in the system a letter one month before their 65th birthday (once) and send all the letters for the current month at one time?
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