[xquery-talk] not sure if I should laugh with big tears or cry with big tears...:-)))))

[daniela florescu]

I guess I should cry with big tears…and not laugh at all.

Even smart people like Kurt Cagle would like to see this “inexact science language”  (because there are two kinds of
 sciences, one exact, and one inexact…..)   standardized as ISO ….

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/n1ql-couchbase-brings-sql-json-kurt-cagle

The world is weird.

Dana


> On Jun 2, 2015, at 8:38 PM, daniela florescu <dflorescu at me.com> wrote:
> 
> I copy and paste here from Linkedin my conversation with one of the top 
> scientists of on of the top NoSQL databases: Couchbase….
> 
> "Please consider real world deployments, not academic endeavors....This is still an inexact science” :-))))))))
> 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> 
> Dana,
> 
> Please consider real world deployments, not academic endeavors....This is still an inexact science.
> 
> On 6/2/15, 10:38 AM, Daniela Florescu wrote: 
> --------------------
> Dear,
> 
> you have a query language implemented, and you have no specification written for it !???
> 
> That's weird to say the least.
> 
> I never heard of a programming language (because a query language is a programming language...), whose specification is only in Powerpoint.
> 
> Sorry, I don't have time.
> 
> If you have a specification written, please send it to me, and I'll give you an honest feedback.
> 
> Best
> Dana
> 
> On 6/2/15, 10:33 AM, XXXXl wrote: 
> --------------------
> Daniela,
> 
> Couchbase Connect 15 going on this week at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara. You should check it out. We are talking up our query language N!QL.
> 
> http://www.cvent.com/events/couchbase-connect-15/event-summary-b7744ca960364b75aba41de42cbef19e.aspx <https://www.linkedin.com/redir/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecvent%2Ecom%2Fevents%2Fcouchbase-connect-15%2Fevent-summary-b7744ca960364b75aba41de42cbef19e%2Easpx&urlhash=3ZMl>
> 
> 

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