Modern Data Practice and the SQL Tradition

Re:Modern Data Practice and the SQL Tradition by benhoyt on Friday November 08, 2019 @10:51AM (#21483314)

> SQL is just an ugly historical accident.

Maybe, but as Bjarne Stroustrup said: "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses." SQL seems like that: pragmatic, not perfect, but everyone uses it.

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Re:Modern Data Practice and the SQL Tradition by dsego on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:19AM (#21483654)

Bjarne invented C++, I don't think parroting Bjarne contributes anything to the discussion.

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Re:Modern Data Practice and the SQL Tradition by ogre_codes on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:49AM (#21484014)

You don't think quoting a person responsible for creating one of the most influential programming languages contributes to a discussion on programming?

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Re:Modern Data Practice and the SQL Tradition by dsego on Friday November 08, 2019 @12:30PM (#21484518)

I'd call C with classes a very costly mistake, that's probably set back computing by decades. But I can't deny its influence, although I would respectfully disagree that it's a good thing.

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Re:Modern Data Practice and the SQL Tradition by vkazanov on Friday November 08, 2019 @12:32PM (#21484548)

You're talking about C, right? :-)

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