On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Christian Catchpole < christ...@catchpole.net> wrote:
> > > The Terminator seemed to have a good database of general knowledge but > I'm not sure if he stored it in fixed width VARCHARs and queried it > with SQL. For all of the benefits of relational databases and SQL, > are we condemned to their exact incarnation for the next hundred > years? or forever.. are they simply perfect in every way? Don't forget VARCHAR2! It's teh bestest > > > I have a tendency to start discussions with a fair amount of > idealism. But I understand the reality of the world. The Terminator > is just pretend. But is it wrong to ask that if one wants data- > consistency and ad-hoc queries, SQL databases will be the only > choice.. forever. > > But seems there are plenty of projects trying different approaches. > > > > -- Viktor Klang Rogue Scala-head Twttr: viktorklang --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
