"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SQL I don't class as a programming language, but it's certainly worth > learning for most modern programmers.
I suppose it's not a *programming* language in the sense that it's not Turning Complete, but it *is* a language, with a complex syntax. But, more to the point, knowing SQL opens your eyes to a way to think about, organize, and manipulate data which is very different from conventional procedural languages. That's the real value in learning it. Oh, I left out regular expressions. Again, not a programming language per-se, but a powerful and complex tool which manipulates data in a very different way from other things. There are jobs for which good grasp of regexes will save you hundreds of lines of code. It's not the right tool for every job, but it's a tool that anybody who calls themselves a professional programmer should have in their collection. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
