Re: Annual Oracle World Database Survey

vslabs_at_onwe.co.za (Billy Verreynne) wrote in message news:<1a75df45.0309070302.53e22c21_at_posting.google.com>...
> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote
>
> > How about in addition to? It doesn't really matter what language one
> > uses to address the SQL engine.

As one who has had to switch among several languages an hour at times, I'd say you are underestimating switching costs. The steeper the learning curve of the language, the larger the costs. And if the languages are too close, there's confusion costs.

>
> Hey, hey! It is *my* fantasy! Sheez... ;-)
>
> Simply put Daniel, there's a lot very good features in the OO Pascal
> language that Delphi implements. I would love to have some of the same
> features in PL/SQL. It will enable me to do things much better and
> cleaner using PL/SQL. Especially on the OO side and abstracting the
> basic SQL layer. And no, Java does not do it for me. (after using
> Pascal for almost two decades on everything from mainframes to PC's
> what do you expect ;-)

Gold plate that man's lead pipe, and call it a sceptre! :-)

(Even though, through strange quirks of fate, I've never done Pascal...)

jg

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