Em 15/09/2021 21:55, Adrian Klaver escreveu:
On 9/15/21 5:30 PM, FWS Neil wrote:
On Sep 15, 2021, at 2:44 PM, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I think you ought to recognize that many people on this list make
money directly from managing that complexity :-).
I did not intend to disparage anyone. People, including myself, make
money when they provide value and there is certainly value here.
But, I am not sure I understand your inference. Are you saying (and
I am not implying you are) that PostgreSQL does not progress in line
with the original SQL goals of simplifying data access because people
are making money off of the current complexity?
I'm going to say Merlin was being one part sarcastic, one part saying
people may not want to bite the hand that feeds them.
As to SQL, if Postgres wants to maintain it's goal of hewing to the
SQL standard then what progress it came make is determined by the SQL
standards committee.
I love the fact that PostgreSQL keep in sync with SQL standard. I love
SQL as it is (and I came from a world with Cobol, Clipper and Dbase, and
other 4GL etc tools).
Also, I teach SQL to my junior employees, and they love it once they
fully compreehends - even stop defending the NoSQL hype.
At other side, I would see no objection if someone else would implement
another language on top of PostgreSQL engine.
Just my 2c.
Regards,
Edson
