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From: Ricardo Malafaia <rmalafaia@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 15, 2006 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] polite request about syntax
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
ok, guys. i guess i was a bit unfair. Timestamp is used everywhere
indeed, Oracle, Firebird you name it. Only MySQL followed M$ and
added a confusing datetime and date to the mix. I hope, though, that
the "timestamp with timezone" isn't really necessary.
And the $$ is indeed needed for allowing languages with different
syntaxes. agreed. However, Tom, i could counter example your plperl
example:
> realize that qq/end/ does not represent a matching "end"?
What happens then when it sees something like a double variable
interpolation as in $$foobar? ;)
Sorry for the rudeness, but i truly like PostgreSQL and was playing
devil's advocate. and no, i'm not likely to have fun with Oracle...
:P
cheers
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