Re: Functions and Parentheses

On 10/6/2017 3:10 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On 10/06/2017 02:33 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> "Igal @ Lucee.org" <igal(at)lucee(dot)org> writes:
>>> How come `current_date` has no parenthesis but `clock_timestamp()`
>>> does?
>>
>> Because the SQL standard says that CURRENT_DATE doesn't have
>> parentheses.
>> It is a function by any other measure, though.
>>
>> (AFAICT, the SQL committee is unacquainted with any principles of
>> programming language syntax design that emerged later than the COBOL
>> era.  Their capacity to invent new and non-orthogonal syntax for every
>> new feature seems boundless.)
>
> This is the best statement I have read all week.

+1

I also want to say that I'm using many different open source projects,
but Postgres has by far the best community support of all, not to
mention a product that is far superior to the many commercial
alternatives in the market.

It's kind of like -- I can use Postgres for free, or I can spend a lot
of money and get an inferior product with inferior support.

If Postgres had been written in Java then I'd be much more involved, but
my C/C++ skills are rather limited.

Anyway, great job guys!  And Thank you!

Igal Sapir
Lucee Core Developer
Lucee.org <http://lucee.org/>