| From: | Joe <dev(at)freedomcircle(dot)net> |
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| To: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Dmitry Turin <sql4-en(at)narod(dot)ru>, Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: We all are looped on Internet: request + transport = invariant |
| Date: | 2007-04-20 13:21:11 |
| Message-ID: | 1177075271.760.48.camel@pampa |
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Hi Richard,
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 13:50 +0100, Richard Huxton wrote:
> OK, but I'm still not seeing how this avoids me having to use
> PHP/Perl/etc anyway. I mean, I'm going to need some application logic at
> some point, in which case who cares whether the RDBMS has this specific
> layout as a format. I can see how it might be useful as a library, but
> then there are libraries that provide plenty of XML formatting.
But if TML catches on so that "even a caveman can do it" *, i.e., query
a database from just a browser, then you and I (and most everyone on
this list) will be out of a job and PHP/Perl/etc. will be relegated to
the dustbin of programming languages. [Sorry, couldn't resist :-) ]
Joe
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