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SQL and relational database management systems or RDBMS were invented simultaneously by Edgar F. Codd in the early 1970s. The simple fact that both arrived early in the life of computing, and that for 90% of the time they just work, means databases have become a 'solved problem' you no longer need to think about.
It's like how MailChimp has become synonymous with sending email newsletters. If you want to work with data you use RDBMS and SQL. In fact, there usually needs to be a good reason not to use them. Just like there needs to be a good reason not to use MailChimp for sending emails, or Stripe for taking card payments.
But people do use other other email automation software and payment solutions, just like people use NoSQL databases. Yet even with other database technology available, albeit less mature technology, SQL still reigns and reigns well.
So, finally, here are 8 reasons we still use SQL 43 years after it was first cooked up.
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(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday May 04 2017, @05:53PM (2 children)
Bet you could remember the hex codes for all the commonly used machine code instructions, too... So much for natural language.
No, actually I'm just thinking of the 8-bit microcomputers of the time, plus also the IBM PC, various mainframes, etc. All those things were fast. Maybe not so much at actual computation speed, but they had very low latency for user-interactive stuff usually.
Pro tip: Office 2016 actually does that deliberately... I threw up in my mouth a little bit. There's a registry hack to turn it off.
WTF? Why would they do this?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 04 2017, @06:19PM (1 child)
Because they thought it looked good. However, you can turn it off:
http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/office-2013-typing-animation-disable [laptopmag.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 05 2017, @07:39AM
Strange. My Office 2016 doesn't seem to do that, and I don't have that key. I do however have DisableHardwareAcceleration = 1, so that may be the reason.