Also agree. Using several illustrative symbols instead of one cryptic one adds a considerable amount of readability as the expense of negligible overhead. Since the "->" sequence is also used in C as a pointer operator, it's nothing new. * * *Nigel Small* Phone: +44 7814 638 246 Blog: http://nigelsmall.name/ GTalk: [email protected] MSN: [email protected] Skype: technige Twitter: @technige <https://twitter.com/#!/technige> LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/nigelsmall
On 4 November 2011 20:36, Tero Paananen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd say the strongest part of Cypher is the "ascii art" pattern where you > > clearly see what you're querying for, right there and then without having > > to parse it into a graph into your head. Removing that would reduce my > > interest in this language significantly. > > I strongly agree with this. It's EASY to see the relationships and > their direction with the syntax right now. > > (cani)<-[:HAS]-(more)-[:CHEEZ]->(burger) > > I glance that and instantly figure out what it's trying to say. The SQL- > like examples I've seen so far aren't coming even close, IMHO. And > as the query complexity increases, I think the advantage Cypher's > syntax has increases even more. > > Additionally I don't find adding a join keyword to a query language that > queries a data store that has no joins better in any shape or form. > > -TPP > _______________________________________________ > Neo4j mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > _______________________________________________ Neo4j mailing list [email protected] https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user
