Fwd: polite request about syntax

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From: Ricardo Malafaia <rmalafaia(at)gmail(dot)com>
Date: Sep 15, 2006 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] polite request about syntax
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>

ok, guys. i guess i was a bit unfair. Timestamp is used everywhere
indeed, Oracle, Firebird you name it. Only MySQL followed M$ and
added a confusing datetime and date to the mix. I hope, though, that
the "timestamp with timezone" isn't really necessary.

And the $$ is indeed needed for allowing languages with different
syntaxes. agreed. However, Tom, i could counter example your plperl
example:

> realize that qq/end/ does not represent a matching "end"?

What happens then when it sees something like a double variable
interpolation as in $$foobar? ;)

Sorry for the rudeness, but i truly like PostgreSQL and was playing
devil's advocate. and no, i'm not likely to have fun with Oracle...
:P

cheers

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