From: Joe <dev@freedomcircle.net>
To: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
Cc: Dmitry Turin <sql4-en@narod.ru>
Cc: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: We all are looped on Internet: request + transport = invariant
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:21:11 -0400
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In-Reply-To: <4628B6FD.1030209@archonet.com>
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Hi Richard,
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 13:50 +0100, Richard Huxton wrote:
> OK, but I'm still not seeing how this avoids me having to use
> PHP/Perl/etc anyway. I mean, I'm going to need some application logic at
> some point, in which case who cares whether the RDBMS has this specific
> layout as a format. I can see how it might be useful as a library, but
> then there are libraries that provide plenty of XML formatting.
But if TML catches on so that "even a caveman can do it" *, i.e., query
a database from just a browser, then you and I (and most everyone on
this list) will be out of a job and PHP/Perl/etc. will be relegated to
the dustbin of programming languages. [Sorry, couldn't resist :-) ]
Joe
* see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geico
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Subject: Re: We all are looped on Internet: request + transport = invariant
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