>> (Actually, to be perfectly accurate, Bryce invented something called "P/R", where the R is for "Relational", as if procedural programs talked to no other kind of database and OO programs talked to anything but). <<

Only approximately 10 to 20 percent of comp.object regulars complain about the "p/r" suite as a reference to a technique. Thus, you seem a minority.

Yes, you can connect OO to RDBMS, but they tend to overlap and fight over territory.