Yes, thanks to everyone who contributes to SQLite(especially DRH) ...this is an awesome piece of software and is just beautiful. :)
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 18:31:40 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Sqlite is finally a database product that values performance > and minimal footprint (disk and memory) above a trashcan strategy > that would add whatever feature to make so-called 'feature rich' > result a bloated piece of software." > > YES! This comment, from the wiki "sqlite - Unsupported Sql" > page, slightly reworded for clarity, says EVERYTHING about > what I'm coming to like about the product. > > /Thank you/, DRH, for your work on this product, for generously > giving it to the rest of us. Not only have you produced what > seems to be a fine product (I'm only in the initial stages of > exploring it), but your documentation is a model of complete- > ness and clarity. > > I use Delphi, not C, but I have to say that had I been exposed > to more examples of such well-structured and thoroughly commented > C code I may have been using C as well. > > I've been unable to find a Delphi interface to SQLite which easily > and simply does what I want without misbehaving, either in operation > or upon attempted compilation. As is so often the case, under these > circumstances the Do It Yourself notion will arise. Usually one > look at the product in question is enough to disabuse us, as the > product is so bloated and poorly documented that writing > something from scratch in native Delphi would not be much harder. > > SQLite is exceptional! The more one looks at the copious code > comments and accompanying documentation, the simpler it looks. > > There oughta be a rule: If your documentation is not longer > that your code, the project is underdocumented. > > This would ensure quantity even if not quality, but it would > be a start. Fortunately, SQLite has both. Thanks again, DRH. > > -- If it ain't broke, break it. How else are you going to figure out how it works?
