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On Saturday 27 December 2003 08:29 am, Christopher Murtagh wrote:
> On 26 Dec 2003, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> > I've noticed a similar strategy in the PHP vs Perl dimension. PHP
> > started out being "simple and fast and easy to learn" by throwing off
> > all of the "complexities of Perl that weren't needed".
> >
> > Slowly and steadily, lagging about 3 to 10 years behind, PHP has
> > adding one-by-one all those "weird Perl features", but doing a poor
> > job of integrating them.
>
> Well, I hope that this doesn't parallel Postgres and MySQL, because
> it would spell doom for Postgres.
>
> http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200311/apachemods.html
>
> Frankly, despite all it's weaknesses and inconsistencies, PHP *is* easier
> to use and faster to develop than Perl. At least this is what my
> experience has shown me and it seems that the survey above reflects the
> same thing.
>
> Since my experience with Postgres hasn't been that it is easier than
> MySQL (quite the opposite in fact), perhaps some work needs to be done to
> either dispel that myth, or to make sure that Postgres is easier to use
> (since I started with Postgres and learned MySQL afterwards).
>
> I know it sucks, but ease of use/simplicity goes a long way, often
> further than performance, features and stability.
>
The problem with "making it easy" is clearly visible with M$ products. Stupid
clicking makes it sooo easy and convenient that anyone with an IQ higher than
a coffee-maker thinks he's a "system administator" just because he can click
onto the contolpanel.
My point is, that postgres is a fully featured database and mysql isn't. There
is only a certain degree of "making it easy" in a complex environment. And
IMHO there should be a certain degree of complexity to handle the system,
otherwise every idiot will call himself database administrator and screw up
things really bad
UC
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