Re: SQL99 ARRAY support proposal - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From scott.marlowe
Subject Re: SQL99 ARRAY support proposal
Date
Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.33.0303141057050.23552-100000@css120.ihs.com
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In response to Re: SQL99 ARRAY support proposal  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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On 14 Mar 2003, Greg Stark wrote:

> 
> "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com> writes:
> 
> > You're quick to throw out a trollish barb against PHP without any 
> > real discussion as to why it's such a horrible language.  
> 
> No need to be so sensitive. It was just a humorous way of making the point
> that just because PHP does something doesn't mean it's necessarily the best
> idea. Suffice it to say I disagree about the quality of PHP language design
> but it wasn't the point of the comment nor is it on topic.
> 
> Do you really think someone looking for a function to break up a string into a
> list of strings would ever think of looking up "explode" in an index if he
> hadn't already used PHP or (shudder) VBScript?
> 
> Oops, there I go again.

Let me answer your question with a question:

Is anyone who is familiar with SQL syntax gonna look for "join" when 
thinking about arrays? 



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