E. F. Codd Quote

Relational processing entails treating whole relationships as operands. Its primary purpose is loop-avoidance, an absolute requirement for end users to be productive at all, and a clear productivity booster for application programmers.


Relational Database: A Practical Foundation for Productivity (1982)


Relational processing entails treating whole relationships as operands. Its primary purpose is loop-avoidance, an absolute requirement for end users...

Relational processing entails treating whole relationships as operands. Its primary purpose is loop-avoidance, an absolute requirement for end users...

Relational processing entails treating whole relationships as operands. Its primary purpose is loop-avoidance, an absolute requirement for end users...

Relational processing entails treating whole relationships as operands. Its primary purpose is loop-avoidance, an absolute requirement for end users...