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Re:How did SQL get so popular? by silentbicycle on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @04:42PM (#640366)
The post's argument appears to be that SQL (by which he means relational databases, as noted in the comments) are popular because implementing ACID is too much trouble, and because dealing with random file access is confusing.

It sounds like it never even crossed his mind that the relational model is a good fit for some problems. Wow.

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Re:How did SQL get so popular? by davidmathers on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @06:38PM (#640609)
It sounds like it never even crossed his mind that the relational model is a good fit for some problems.

98% of programmers think the word "relation" has something to do with links between tables. I doubt the OP has ever even heard of a concept called "the relational model".

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Re:How did SQL get so popular? by silentbicycle on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @06:41PM (#640617)
Touché.
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