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0 pointsanon2912mo ago0 comments

Datomic is not sql but it is not mongo either. Mongo is completely unprincipled. Sql is halfway principled. Datomic and datalog are actually completely principled

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sgarland2mo ago

What do you mean by “principled?”

anon291OP2mo ago

The semantics are simple and complete. Sql is based off a complete system (relational algebra), but the null handling results in degenerate cases.

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sgarland2mo ago

What do you mean by “principled?”

anon291OP2mo ago

The semantics are simple and complete. Sql is based off a complete system (relational algebra), but the null handling results in degenerate cases.

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