I would definitely be interested in that talk. -- Ylan Segal [email protected]
On Friday, February 28, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Guyren Howe wrote: > It might surprise anyone who knows me and has put up with any of my rants on > the subject to hear that I consider SQL to be one of the greatest carbuncles > on the ass of the software development industry. It's awful, in almost every > way. > > In this way, I have great sympathy with the NoSQL movement. > > But the remedies proposed by the NoSQL folks are egregious throwbacks to the > dark ages of the computer industry. You shouldn't go over to the dark side. > > The problem, you see, is not the relational model. The relational model is a > shining beacon of elegance, generality and efficiency. The problem is SQL. > > Modern SQL databases (ie not MySQL) attach enough bandaids and splints and > bionic implants to the creaking SQL model that it gets relatively close to > the beauty that the relational model ought to be. It is, in short, the best > we have. > > Particularly if you know how to use some of the more advanced features. > > > > > I propose giving a talk on this topic, if there is reasonable interest in my > doing so. What the relational model is, why it's best, the many ways SQL > falls terribly short, how to mostly work around those ways, how MySQL mostly > fails to provide those workarounds. And why that means you mostly probably > don't need one of those awful NoSQL things. > > I couldn't get something together for March, but how about April? > > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD > Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
