Re: The Practical Benefits of the Relational Model
From: David Cressey <david_at_dcressey.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:10:35 GMT
Message-ID: <Lvmh9.79$0I3.4697_at_petpeeve.ziplink.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:10:35 GMT
Message-ID: <Lvmh9.79$0I3.4697_at_petpeeve.ziplink.net>
> I dunno. SQL feels about right to me. For simple, common tasks there
is a
> fairly straightforward way of handling it. And for the more complex
problems
> we can still avail ourselves of the relational equivalents of Duff's
Device.
SQL feels about right to me, too. But I think of it as an interface
language, rather than as a programming language.
Why do people want the interface language to be a complete programming
language? What does that buy you?