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0 pointsjampekka1y ago0 comments

Relational model is good, SQL is not. They are not the same thing.

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Short of academic languages like D, nothing faithfully implements the relational model. Some compromises are necessary to make it useful for practical applications, hence SQL.

eru1y ago

Have you looked at Datalog recently?

SQL has other warts, apart from not being completely relational.

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0 pointsjampekka1y ago0 comments

Relational model is good, SQL is not. They are not the same thing.

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sgarland1y ago

Short of academic languages like D, nothing faithfully implements the relational model. Some compromises are necessary to make it useful for practical applications, hence SQL.

eru1y ago

Have you looked at Datalog recently?

SQL has other warts, apart from not being completely relational.

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