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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 12:04:15 +0000
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On 27/02/2025 09:37, c186282 wrote:
> Ummmmmm ... SQL from *anything* isn't especially "pleasant'  🙂

It is if you restrict yourself to just a few library bits that work [well]

I found out early that MySQL was really really good at very simple 
queries but was abominably slow at processing complex ones and it was 
better to not try and write the One True SQL statement, but several 
simple ones and  to manipulate the data in C afterwards.


-- 
"I guess a rattlesnake ain't risponsible fer bein' a rattlesnake, but ah 
puts mah heel on um jess the same if'n I catches him around mah chillun".