Re:SQL is a better API language than GraphQL – Convince me o...
by TeMPOraL on Friday April 17, 2020 @02:52AM
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> I think what's becoming clear in this discussion is that there are some developers (myself definitely included) who would like to use SQL as an interface to plain programming structures outside of actual databases.
Myself included too. As a side project, I'm currently writing a game (roguelike), where all the game state that would ordinarily be put into an ECS or an object tree is instead stored in in-memory SQLite instance; the game's state management consists of (currently hand-written) SQL queries.
The reason for that is because, in trying to implement yet another version of an ECS-like architecture, I realize I'm essentially reinventing database queries and database indices, so I might as well use the real thing.
Myself included too. As a side project, I'm currently writing a game (roguelike), where all the game state that would ordinarily be put into an ECS or an object tree is instead stored in in-memory SQLite instance; the game's state management consists of (currently hand-written) SQL queries.
The reason for that is because, in trying to implement yet another version of an ECS-like architecture, I realize I'm essentially reinventing database queries and database indices, so I might as well use the real thing.