On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:46:42 -0700 (MST) "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com> wrote:
> Just this one area alone shows the great difference in philosophy
> between
> the two databases. It's not that one is better than the other, it's
> that
> they're aimed at difference audiences.
i did a lot of C code back in the early to mid 80s, and got used to fending
for myself.
then i spent 10 years as a professional lisp developer, mostly using lisp
machines.
when i went back to normal languages, i realized how important it is to
have systems actually enforce rules about data for you. i prefer postgresql
for the simple reason that if i use it properly, it will protect me from
much of my own stupidity as a developer, just like my lisp machine used to.
people who turn off these features to gain speed are asking for a world of
hurt somewhere down the line.
richard
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