On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Roy Lyseng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>
> You were arguing about portable applications. My argument was that even
> though you are targetting a single database, it is nice if you do not have
> to learn a new syntax/semantics when picking up a new database for your next
> project. Slight difference :)
>

Nice, but not realistic.  Nobody expects that a new language is going to
have the same syntax/semantics.  The world would be quite boring if it was.
Most programmers have to learn multiple languages over the course of their
career if they want to stay viable; database professionals need be no
different.

-Sheeri
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