Re:Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simpl...
by cryptonector on Thursday November 30, 2023 @12:30PM
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> I don't understand why no one just copies SQL so I can write a query like "SELECT * FROM $json WHERE x>1".
You could ask the same with respect to XML too -- why XPath/XSLT instead of SQL?
The problem is that SQL isn't that convenient when you're querying data in a free-form and recursive schema. Especially the latter, because recursive queries in SQL are just not pithy. I say this as someone who loves SQL.
You could ask the same with respect to XML too -- why XPath/XSLT instead of SQL?
The problem is that SQL isn't that convenient when you're querying data in a free-form and recursive schema. Especially the latter, because recursive queries in SQL are just not pithy. I say this as someone who loves SQL.