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Reminds me of Git.

by sleiben 4y ago

Reminds me of Git.

TremendousJudge 4y ago
SQL is at least 30 years older than Git. Git has yet to prove its longevity in the same way.
- nightski 4y ago
  That statement will be true forever. It doesn’t tell you much.
  - TremendousJudge 4y ago
    Let me restate in relative terms then. SQL is over twice as old as Git. When Git was originally released, SQL had been around for longer than Git has been today. Git has had a pretty good track record, but it's not comparable yet in terms of age or even in terms of mass adoption -- plenty of orgs don't use Git to manage their code.
shepherdjerred 4y ago
Git is surprisingly only 17 years old while SQL is 48 years. Not that you’re wrong, it’s just interesting how comparatively newer it is
- marcosdumay 4y ago
  Also, git had major competition for almost half of that time where it was not clear at all what software people would settle on (or even if they they would actually settle down). SQL was nearly undisputed its entire life. It quickly killed every previous architecture, and everything that came after it made a point on being compatible.
  - TremendousJudge 4y ago
    >It quickly killed every previous architecture This feat was much easier to achieve when the industry was much, much smaller, and a single company mostly owned the entire business sector (who were the people that needed databases in the first place).
    - marcosdumay 4y ago
      Well, a single company with a huge unexplainable help from the US government. But SQL stayed unopposed due to its qualities, not because of its iffy start.
irrational 4y ago
Eh, I’ve seen various things like Git come and go. I spent the majority of my career in the days before git existed and we used things like SVN. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Git supplanted. I would be surprised to see SQL supplanted.
swalsh 4y ago
Git is a bit newer, and there have been many attempts to solve the same problem it solves, but it solves that specific problem VERY well... it'll be a long time before it's dethroned in my opinion.

Reminds me of Git.

TremendousJudge 4y ago

SQL is at least 30 years older than Git. Git has yet to prove its longevity in the same way.

nightski 4y ago
That statement will be true forever. It doesn’t tell you much.
- TremendousJudge 4y ago
  Let me restate in relative terms then. SQL is over twice as old as Git. When Git was originally released, SQL had been around for longer than Git has been today. Git has had a pretty good track record, but it's not comparable yet in terms of age or even in terms of mass adoption -- plenty of orgs don't use Git to manage their code.

shepherdjerred 4y ago

Git is surprisingly only 17 years old while SQL is 48 years. Not that you’re wrong, it’s just interesting how comparatively newer it is

marcosdumay 4y ago
Also, git had major competition for almost half of that time where it was not clear at all what software people would settle on (or even if they they would actually settle down). SQL was nearly undisputed its entire life. It quickly killed every previous architecture, and everything that came after it made a point on being compatible.
- TremendousJudge 4y ago
  >It quickly killed every previous architecture This feat was much easier to achieve when the industry was much, much smaller, and a single company mostly owned the entire business sector (who were the people that needed databases in the first place).
  - marcosdumay 4y ago
    Well, a single company with a huge unexplainable help from the US government. But SQL stayed unopposed due to its qualities, not because of its iffy start.

irrational 4y ago

Eh, I’ve seen various things like Git come and go. I spent the majority of my career in the days before git existed and we used things like SVN. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Git supplanted. I would be surprised to see SQL supplanted.

swalsh 4y ago

Git is a bit newer, and there have been many attempts to solve the same problem it solves, but it solves that specific problem VERY well... it'll be a long time before it's dethroned in my opinion.