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Sql server written in C#? Please. None of it.

• kerng 7y ago
  Depends on what parts, entire products of the Sql server product line are in C#, like Sql Server Reporting Services for instance. The core sql server rdbms engine is hosting the .net runtime for a few things - but there its maginal compared to C++.
  • grumpydba 7y ago
    Exact. It's marginal. Saying "written in .net" about sql server made the Microsoft PFEs laugh during our coffee break though.
    • pjmlp 7y ago
      Happy to be able to help going through the day in an happier mood.
• pjmlp 7y ago
  Then better learn how to use it properly, specially .NET stored procedures, OLAP engine and SSMS.
  • grumpydba 7y ago
    You also have python and R stored procedures. Is it written in python?
    • pjmlp 7y ago
      Yes, the modules that make up the API surface for Python and R respectively.
      • grumpydba 7y ago
        I think saying 'written in X' != 'has API wrappers for X' .
        • pjmlp 7y ago
          In correct English one would state fully, completely written in X. Modern stacks are seldom pure blood language X, thus if 5% of it is written in Y, the product is written in a mix of X and Y. Which I also mentioned on my comment, "Yep, they aren't pure C#", naturally overseen when one intends to champion its language as "Year of Desktop Linux" on IT infrastructures.
          • grumpydba 7y ago
            Playing games with the commonly accepted meaning of words is a known sophism. The Linux kernel is 0.2% of shell scripts, yet no one would say it's written in shell. Same for windows or sql server. .Net is marginal there. Btw I do code in Go, but I mostly use go apps and enjoys their small memory footprint and ease of deployment. I must not be the only one as I see go apps pretty much everywhere in ops teams.