Re: make == as = ? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From jseymour@LinxNet.com (Jim Seymour)
Subject Re: make == as = ?
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Msg-id 20040413203737.D36694307@jimsun.LinxNet.com
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In response to Re: make == as = ?  (Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>)
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Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr> wrote:
> 
> 
> Dear Josh,
> 
> Thanks for you reply at length.
> 
> It helps me understand the "raw" about my suggestion.
> Some short comments and joke signs:
> 
> 
> > Adding == would cause harm in the following three ways:
> > 1) It would impair portability between PostgreSQL and other databases that
> > support the SQL standard.
> 
> Oracle, M$ and others spend a lot of energy so that what you write for
> their tool won't be so easilly portable, thus once you've started with
> them, you'll stay forever.
> 
> You're arguing that pg should help its "customers" to leave it easilly,
> what is quite paradoxical! ;-)
[remainder elided]

Perhaps the PostgreSQL community is sufficiently confident in the
quality of its product that it doesn't feel the need to resort to
odious lock-in tricks? ;)

Jim


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