From: sqlite-users On Behalf Of
Jens Alfke
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2019 12:31 PM
To: SQLite mailing list
Subject: Re: [sqlite] the sqlite3 documentation would be pretty good if it
wasn't tragic...
> On Jun 26, 2019, at 3:39 PM, Warren Young wrote:
>
> Arguably, K&R is a b
> On Jun 26, 2019, at 3:39 PM, Warren Young wrote:
>
> Arguably, K&R is a bound book of examples for the AT&T Unix C compiler.
It was also the _first_ book on the C language.
> Where is the K&R of SQLite? I don’t necessarily mean a bound book, but
> something that’s comprehensive, concise
For your second point: it is a reference, not a tutorial. For gentler
introduction, you might want to go to http://www.sqlitetutorial.net/
First and foremost, though, itis one of the best documentations I've worked
with. Yes, it's wordy, but it's not verbose. It's precise and aims for
formal corr
On Jun 26, 2019, at 3:31 PM, James K. Lowden wrote:
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> You won't find many examples included with your C compiler
That depends a lot on the C compiler in question. Some C compilers include a
*lot* of examples.
Arguably, K&R is a bound book of examples for the AT&T Unix C compiler. Where
is
On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 23:14:08 -0700
Ben Earhart wrote:
> can't be bothered to write example sql code
While I'm sure you're irritated, that criticism is misplaced.
You might want to take a step back. Tools that work with standardized
languages don't define the language they process. You won't fin
I've always been perturbed by the term "Real World Examples". Because...
well.. Everything is different from one building to the next. How I make
my SQL calls is going to be different than the company across the street.
Heck, even the guy sitting across from me will come up with a different way
t
On 2019/06/23 8:14 AM, Ben Earhart wrote:
...that the person(s) that has no problem writing small, but solid, walls
of technical detail and drawing intricate circularly recursive syntax
diagrams which require multiple levels of detail to coherently represent,
can't be bothered to write example sq
The syntax diagrams are created by a tcl script, not drawn by hand:
https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Generating+Syntax+Diagrams+Using+Tk
I think a lot of the documentation assumes the reader already knows the
basics of sql... What kind of examples are you thinking of?
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 8:16 PM
...that the person(s) that has no problem writing small, but solid, walls
of technical detail and drawing intricate circularly recursive syntax
diagrams which require multiple levels of detail to coherently represent,
can't be bothered to write example sql code for the top dozen things that
most su
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