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Relational Calculus is about Relations, not Rows

Stefan Tilkov,

Reg Braithwaite:

In the case of modeling SQL, there is no reason why standard OO cannot model joins, selections, and projections with ease. All it takes is the flash of insight that it’s important to think about a relational database that way.