Sujet : Re: The joy of Ada
De : 186283 (at) *nospam* ud0s4.net (186282@ud0s4.net)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 30. Oct 2024, 06:55:35
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On 10/28/24 1:18 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
On 2024-10-28, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:58:34 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
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Long back I did extensive development on a PICK-OS based DB called
'Revelation'. It DID do an early version of SQL. It was used for over
a decade.
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HOWEVER you never used the SQL beyond the top-level selections
because it was too slow.
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Pick wasn’t even a relational database.
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Back then, it was quite common to support open standards like SQL with
“malicious compliance” -- deliberately make them look worse than your
proprietary interface, to “persuade” your users to lock themselves in to
your product.
Not just back then. Today it's evolved into the doctrine of
"embrace, extend, extinguish".
SQL and flat-file DBs are kind of the all-gobbling
monsters.
But MV is still the better, saner, way to organize many
kinds of data.
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