Functions Are Data Too (Defunctionalization for PL/SQL)

Summary: First-class functions in PL/SQL: functions are data items—constructed, stored in tables, and passed to higher-order use. Defunctionalization provides a non-invasive implementation atop existing RDBMS, enabling new query idioms and an interactive demo. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 10577
Venue: VLDB
Year: 2013
Pagerank: 4.1905499e-05
Overall Rank: 12,074 | 16.09%
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