Aldat
aldat
language
a database language, based on extended algebra.
[listed by m.p. atkinson & j.w. schmidt in a tutorial in zurich, 1989].
(1995-04-19)
historical examples
when the camp was ready, aldat came and asked me to look at a large yak bull grazing on a slope above my tent.
from pole to pole sven anders hedin
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