| From: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Rob Wultsch <wultsch(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>, "jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: SHOW TABLES |
| Date: | 2010-07-17 04:02:44 |
| Message-ID: | 20100717040244.GA21875@tamriel.snowman.net |
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* Robert Haas (robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> Why must the backslash commands be more powerful than any alternative
> we might come up with?
Because they encode alot of information in a character- something which
is next to impossible to do in "english".
Consider 'standard' perl vs. perl w/ 'use English;'. The former is much
more condesned and the latter is much more verbose. Which would you
want to use on a daily basis and which would you like to have in an
application someone else may have to support some day? Next question:
how long do you really think you're going to be around? :)
Stephen
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