An idea originating from my research into relational algrebra and how it has been lost to SQL and its dominance. I was originally curious as to what we might be losing out on, and I also saw a lack of ...

In the field of structured data computing, SQL is still the most widely used working language, not only adopted by all relational databases, but also targeted by many new big data platforms. For a ...

For some students, learning algebraic expressions feels like drudgery, but it doesn’t have to be that way. These three activities will get your students moving, talking, and thinking deeply about ...

This post continues the series from the Adjoint School of Applied Category Theory 2022. It is a summary of the main ideas introduced in this paper: Filippo Bonchi, Dusko Pavlovic and Pawel Sobocinski, ...

Bob Muglia is something of a bard of databases, capable of unfurling sweeping tales in the evolution of technology. That is what Muglia, former Microsoft executive and former Snowflake CEO, did ...

The state rejected dozens of math textbooks. The New York Times reviewed 21 of them to figure out why. By Dana Goldstein and Stephanie Saul After the Florida Department of Education rejected dozens of ...

Abstract: The paper proposes a method of parsing for relational algebra expressions, which is based on the use of reverse Polish notation (postfix notation). The operation algorithm of the shunting ...