Re: Date is Incomplete - database application software and database theory
From: Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra <leandro_at_dutra.fastmail.fm>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 16:49:40 -0300
Message-ID: <pan.2004.05.13.19.49.40.188732_at_dutra.fastmail.fm>
> language is not implemented properly? <<
>
> Nah! It means we like to write languages! :) And, as Dave McGovern said
> "A committee never met a feature it didn't like."
>
> Which means SQL these days; a declarative, set oriented language.
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 16:49:40 -0300
Message-ID: <pan.2004.05.13.19.49.40.188732_at_dutra.fastmail.fm>
Em Wed, 12 May 2004 22:16:01 -0700, --CELKO-- escreveu:
>>> Why have another language? Doesn't that suggest use of the first
> language is not implemented properly? <<
>
> Nah! It means we like to write languages! :) And, as Dave McGovern said
> "A committee never met a feature it didn't like."
No, it really means SQL is lousy.
>>> 1. We have database software. <<
>
> Which means SQL these days; a declarative, set oriented language.
SQL is not set-oriented, it is bag-oriented. You of all persons shouldn't help this misconception survive.
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