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Reflective programming in the relational algebra (extended abstract)

Summary: Introduces a reflective relational algebra that treats RA programs as first-class relations, enabling generation and integration of query code at runtime. Analyzes expressiveness and complexity, showing reflection corresponds to bounded looping and discussing applicability. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
984
Venue
PODS
Year
1993
Pagerank
4.7889007e-05
Overall Rank
7,252 | 49.55%
DOI
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Rank Citing Paper Year Venue Pagerank
1,384 Managing Semantic Heterogeneity in Databases : A Theoretical Perspective 1997 PODS 0.00012262892
1,511 Using Schematically Heterogeneous Structures 1998 SIGMOD 0.00011602872
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
352 Object Identity As A Query Language Primitive 1989 SIGMOD 0.00026299604
579 Quel As A Data Type 1984 SIGMOD 0.00019808249
1,018 ILOG: Declarative Creation and Manipulation of Object Identifiers 1990 VLDB 0.00014627963
1,871 Relations with Relation Names as Arguments: Algebra and Calculus 1992 PODS 0.00010259891
3,189 On Accessing Object-Oriented Databases: Expressive Power, Complexity, and Restrictions 1989 SIGMOD 7.4116834e-05
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