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This aspect of SQL is my favorite example of a "leaky abstraction".
by scythmic_waves 5y ago
This aspect of SQL is my favorite example of a "leaky abstraction".
- valenterry 5y agoIt's not a leaky abstraction, because it doesn't make any promises about performance. If you still call it a "leaky abstraction" then _every_ abstraction is leaky and we can simply alias "leaky abstraction" to "abstraction" and move on.