From: Todd Gillespie <toddg@...128.ma.utexas.edu>
Date: 2001-08-24T03:28:43+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20194] Re: DB

Aleksei Guzev <aleksei.guzev@bigfoot.com> wrote:
: What about database support? I have seen the DB extension modules...
: Why not include Table as built-in type? And implement embedded SQL?
: Neither Perl nor Python do have such a type.

embedded SQL is primarily a response to working withing static
languages.  Perl, Python, and Ruby don't have it b/c they can create new
tuple types on the fly to hold SQL query values.  And embedded SQL is a
nightmare for readability.

Table as a built-in type is interesting, but only if it is written
correctly.  The product of any select or JOIN is another, virtual, Table
-- but this is not something the WebLogics of the world have available to
them.

But for the sake of laziness, there aren't many methods on a Table type,
so why bother?