21 Jun
2006
21 Jun
'06
9:10 p.m.
Bryan wrote....
This looks a lot like SQL... Do you know if SQL was
based on Pick?
In "standard" pick the Data Retrieval "language" I gave examples of
was
called "Access". Microdata/McDonnel Douglass platforms called it
"English".
I believe Universe/Unidata (the unix pick variants) called it "Revise".
Notably absent on most implementations was any way to update the database.
It was strictly for reporting/retrieval.
Pick's predecessor/initial design (sort of) was a military funded project
called "GIRLS", Generalized Information Retrieval Language System (or
something to that effect). It's project definition was to create a database
retrieval language that used common spoken style english and required no
training to get information out of the syste. This was somewhere around the
mid to late 60's I think. I doubt anyone looked at this when creating SQL,
Pick's following has always been both fanatical and small.
Jay