On 17/09/21 11:29, Guyren Howe wrote:
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The set theory is the _point_. SQL is a gargantuan distraction from
using it efficiently.
Imagine if COBOL was the only widely-available programming language
with functions. You might use it, because functions are really great
abstraction for programming. That wouldn’t mean that COBOL wasn’t an
utterly awful language.
SQL is like that, only for relations, sets and logic.
COBOL is horrible, but SQL is quite a neat language, though it has its
issues.
Am happy to write SQL, but not that keen on getting back into COBOL!
SQL is far superior to COBOL, in their respective use cases.
Cheers,
Gavin
