Re: The tragedy of SQL

From: Raymond Brinzer <ray(dot)brinzer(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Guyren Howe <guyren(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Mladen Gogala <gogala(dot)mladen(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: The tragedy of SQL
Date: 2021-09-14 20:07:56
Message-ID: CANasJHnbutkM1fx_FfFrFNcFX=0--yMf9Jiohcd01Co4+R32NA@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 3:58 PM Guyren Howe <guyren(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> You’re confusing SQL with the relational model. Datalog and Quel and Tutorial D and other database languages and systems can and did provide those features also.

By analogy: Arabic and Roman numerals both describe the natural
numbers. Hence, they have the same mathematical properties. Spending
a little time doing algebra with Roman numerals should convince
anyone, however, that how you express a concept matters a lot.

--
Ray Brinzer

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