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Try doing recursive hierarchical traversal with SQL, something we humans do all the time, like realizing something is a person over there, and then instantly ha

Try doing recursive hierarchical traversal with SQL, something we humans do all the time, like realizing something is a person over there, and then instantly having access to all the inherited properties of a person, and then predicting what might happen next based on that, etc.

simonw 4y ago
Yeah that's fair - hierarchies are possible using recursive CTEs, but they're definitely not very ergonomic! https://til.simonwillison.net/sql/recursive-cte-twitter-threads https://til.simonwillison.net/sql/recursive-cte-twitter-thre...
- gibsonf1 4y ago
  We sure don't do it like that! :)