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Malcolm: SQL for the command line: "show"

Malcolm: SQL for the command line: "show"

Posted Mar 23, 2009 20:42 UTC (Mon) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047)
In reply to: Malcolm: SQL for the command line: "show" by clugstj
Parent article: Malcolm: SQL for the command line: "show"

It depends. SQL is really a domain-specific language, and it does queries very well. But it doesn't do other things that we might want. Having a query language which was fully general, and able to do any sort of general-purpose programming, would be nice. But then, what language to use?


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