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On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 18:31 -0800, Daniela Florescu wrote:
> > I was quite surprised
> > to lean that some of my queries were significantly
> > easier to understand and write using xBase (index based
> > iterators, linked with other iterstors if necessary)
> > than using SQL.
>
> !? Com' on Karl.
>
> If you add/remove an index you have to rewrite your xBase
> application. If the volume of data or the frequency of queries
> changes you gave to rewrite your application. Etc. Etc. Etc.
>
> Do I have to say anything more !?
>
> We are 30 years after Ted Codd, and many, many billions dollars
> market later. I find it really strange that I need to argue in favor of
> the
> declarativity in 2004, almost 2005.
Declarativity is motherhood and apple pie. neither SQL nor XQuery are
exclusive ways to achieve it.
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