| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Ted Byers <r(dot)ted(dot)byers(at)rogers(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Postgres SQL Syntax |
| Date: | 2007-02-10 00:45:26 |
| Message-ID: | 45CD15A6.2070704@commandprompt.com |
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Ted Byers wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
>>
>> the open standard to convert data from one database to another,
>> unfortunately, is SQL. SQL is incomplete, illogical, and obscure, so
>> here we are.
>>
> The same can be said about any programming language, can it not?
>
> Even languages as powerful and expressive as C++ and Perl have elements
> that seem illogical.
Perl has elements that are illogical? Surely you jest!
Joshua D. Drake
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