Re: Ah, but who has better parties?

Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra <leandro_at_dutra.fastmail.fm> wrote:

>Em Wed, 26 May 2004 09:28:50 -0700, Gene Wirchenko escreveu:
>
>>> You are totally offbase. xBase as a language is not SQL, and
>>>is even less relational than SQL. Not only that, xBase *products*'s
>>
>> Are you being deliberately obtuse? I have said that xBASE has
>> SQL, not that it is SQL.
>
> And I said it makes a world of difference to the worst.

     The only interpretation that even halfways makes sense to me is if you are talking about yourself, but I do not think you would really describe yourself that way.

     Worst what?

>>>SQL flavours and capabilities suffer from having to support
>>>navigational access too.
>>
>> I find that having the two approaches is a strength. xBASE
>> record-oriented commands are very useful with a result set.
>
> You are mixing data access with procedural processing.

     Absolutely! First, I get the data. Then, I process it.

> But I guess you're just as hopeless as the others I plonked...

     You might to consider whether that says something unflattering about you (contra me).

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.