Goblin: a DBPL designed for Advanced Database Applications

Goblin is a database programming language for application development and ad-hoc querying advanced databases. Its salient features include: a strong and extensible type system; classification based on type, behavior, and constraints; a core of common programming language concepts; and a trigger mechanism. Moreover, the query language framework is largely borrowed from SQL, such that manipulation of a Goblin database with fiat objects appears as dealing with a traditional relational database.

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