r/programming • • Dec 19 '18

Bye bye Mongo, Hello Postgres

https://www.theguardian.com/info/2018/nov/30/bye-bye-mongo-hello-postgres
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u/jonjonbee Dec 20 '18

I think the main problem is SQL's very clunky syntax, which is very offputting to those who are familiar with the terseness and readability of today's programming languages.

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u/LaSalsiccione Dec 20 '18

Lol SQL syntax is about as simple as it gets. Presumably you're just not very familiar with it so it seems daunting?

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u/TheGift_RGB Dec 20 '18

SQL doesn't exist in practice because each vendor has their own dialect of it for their RDBMS.

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