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CodesInChaos • yesterday at 8:28 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I am rather receptive to the argument that SQL is a fractal of bad design. But complaining that SQL engines implement well known SQL semantics according to spec is silly.


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mrkeen • today at 6:15 AM

"SQL engines implement well known SQL semantics"

That's why I preplied:

> if enough people did it that way it would be the new normal, and apologists would fall out of the woodwork

If 4=5 made it into the spec, would it be no longer up for criticism?

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