> -----Original Message----- > From: John Stanton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 3:56 PM > To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org > Subject: Re: [sqlite] Re: CAST > > You are looking for a fit to one particular restrictive, proprietary > environment. Our approach has been to work with the spirit of Sqlite > and to its strengths and to that end we designed out environment > accordingly. Sqlite's typing has become a major asset, not a > difficulty.
All environments, proprietary or not, are restrictive in one way or another - including C. SQLite is flexible and adaptable, and capable of being wedged into quite a few places -- which is what makes it a great little engine. For you that means captializing on SQLite's strengths and using its typelessness as an asset. For me, it means bringing SQLite to a mass of .NET folks (Mono and MS) who would otherwise pass it by. If that means kludging a type system together to hide SQLite's typelessness, so be it. I'd rather blunt the edge than throw the whole knife out. Robert ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
