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> Datalog has great compositionality, which is one of SQL's big weaknesses There's a good write-up on this aspect (amongst others) here: https://www.scattered-
by refset 4y ago
> Datalog has great compositionality, which is one of SQL's big weaknesses
There's a good write-up on this aspect (amongst others) here: https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/against-sql/ https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/against-sql/
> recursive queries are completely natural in Datalog, whereas in SQL they are bolted on with recursive common table expressions
And similarly: https://github.com/frankmcsherry/blog/blob/master/posts/2022-12-25.md https://github.com/frankmcsherry/blog/blob/master/posts/2022...
- felixyz 4y agoOf all the anti-SQL screeds out there, this is my favorite as well. And Frank McSherry... well, everything he writes is gold.