Summary

In summarizing, it’s worth pointing out the scope of knowledge this chapter conveys. Here I wanted to show how the individual parts of the system can be run, and what the command sequences look like on which we build further functionality using RetractorDB.

I tried to reduce the number of potential commands to a minimum. At present I have effectively reduced the set to 3 commands. I believe a system designed this way will be maximally useful and reasonably efficient. Complexity is a separate matter. Explaining the processing itself — the new algebra, and why a plus sign doesn’t mean plus — is, in itself, difficult. I hope, though, that once a certain barrier of understanding is crossed, the rest becomes obvious. The decisions made were the result of reflection, trial, and error. I want to emphasize that, quite simply, I did not find a better method.