On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:19:40 -0600, "Stuart Jansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 11:10 -0700, Jonathan Ellis wrote: > > Uh... I think the ratio of "data stored in flat files" to "data stored > > in relational or object databases" among non-toy projects is pretty low. > > Who said anything about flat files?
You did: > Unless those large, complex systems involve a lot of text processing. > And (strangely enough) alot of data out there seems to be text Back to this reply: > Perl has great database support with > DBI. Fantastic. Now where does its world-dominant string support help turn my data back into an object easier than >>> joe = Users.getSome(fname='joe') ? > Perhaps you don't know enough about Perl to criticize it. Heh. -Jonathan .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
