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Programming in lists-trees versus graphs?
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:41 pm
by Fanda
LISP is a LISt Processing language - so as far as I understand - it processes lists and trees.
Next level to trees are the graphs. Does anybody know about any language where you could program in graphs?
Thanks for the answer, I am really interested in researching something about this way of programming and thinking ;-)
Fanda
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 4:19 pm
by pjot
Exactly what do you mean with "programming in graphs"?
There is a language which is able to be programmed in a 'graphical way', so to speak:
http://aflow-designer.com/
Is this what you are looking for?
Peter
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:01 pm
by Fanda
Yeah, A-Flow Designer is a Visual Programming using graphs - instead of writing the code you use icons and connections (relations) between them.
There are others like that:
The Unified Modeling Language Takes Shape
http://www.dbmsmag.com/9807d14.html
Rational Rose 98
http://www.dbmsmag.com/9809d08.html
IBM Rational Software
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rationa ... esign.html
I am looking for some language - if it exists - that could generally allow ANY kind of relation
- multiple relations from/to one object
- parallel, serial, serio-parallel relations
- relation of relations
...
It could be useful if you do any kind of real world modeling where you basically have many kinds of relations between objects (planetary system, ecosystem, ...).
LISP is close. I just wondered if anybody knew about something closer to this model.
Just asking... Don't worry about it too much :-)
Fanda
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:28 pm
by statik
I've never even thought about such a thing, let alone heard of it actually existing. Awesome.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:46 am
by Fanda