On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Dave Brosius <[email protected]>wrote:
> Realize that there will be more and more new features that come along as > cassandra matures. It is an overwhelming certainty that these feature will > be available thru the new native interface & CQL. The same level of > certainty can't be given to Thrift. Certainly if you have existing > applications running against Thrift, then there is no need to worry that > Thrift will break or not perform optimally in the future. But going > forward, there will be things that you won't be able to use thru Thrift > that may solve problems for you. If you are starting now, the > recommendation is to use the new native interface and CQL. Put another way... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separate_but_equal " (quoting from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Educationdecision) We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. " s/public education/Cassandra APIs/ =Rob
