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 | | Note: The term "calculus" signifies merely a system of computation (the Latin word calculus means a pebble, perhaps used in counting or some other form of reckoning). |
 | | In a real computer system, however, all domains and relations are necessarily finite, and the predicate calculus thus degeneratesÄÄat least in principleÄÄto the simpler propositional calculus. |
 | | You might be tempted to think, therefore, that the reason the query can't be handled in the calculus or the algebra is that calculus and algebra expressions are relation-valued, not truth-valued. |
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