From: | "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> |
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To: | Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)cbbrowne(dot)com> |
Cc: | Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: SQL99 ARRAY support proposal |
Date: | 2003-03-14 18:24:53 |
Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0303141120531.23552-100000@css120.ihs.com |
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Christopher Browne wrote:
> > 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?
>
> It's also one of the classic examples of things used in introductory
> courses on Lisp that are absolutely counterproductive because no one
> would ever use (EXPLODE FOO) in /real/ code...
OK, that's enough. No one's been insulting your coding skills, your
choice of language or how you use it. Please return the favor. That's
all I'm asking. It may seem like a throw away line for you, but you are
both directly insulting many people who have done you no harm.
I vote for explode / implode as easier to type and remember than join_str.
Also, in the SQL world, it's very likely that a back ground in
ADA/LISP/REX/PHP is just as common as Perl or Java.
If you've got a point to make, please try to do so in a manner that isn't
a backhanded slap to others at the same time.
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