Comments on: NoSQL v. SQL is the worst holy war ever.

By: Bradford

Bradford — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:49:02 +0000

I like to use the term “butthurt” to describe the crazies on both sides. Heck, our new real-time data platform at Drawn to Scale could even support SQL…and thanks to Clojure, we could bang out that grammar in a few hours

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:03:34 +0000

> emacs still sucks though

I’m an emacs user, but that was the funniest comment ever.

By: Destillat #10 | duetsch.info - Open Source, Wet-, Web-, Software

Destillat #10 | duetsch.info - Open Source, Wet-, Web-, Software — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:45:47 +0000

[...] NoSQL v. SQL is the worst holy war ever [...]

By: lucifer

lucifer — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:37:37 +0000

Thank you for stating the obvious. And you are right: if people are having a problem seeing the obvious, then their judgment is being clouded by irrational considerations.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:58:45 +0000

Well said.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:27:25 +0000

Agree completely, although I’d only add one element, which is that NoSQL (or, more specifically, non-relational) stores also address the problem of storing data which is a poor match to the relational model, it’s not just speed and load. Other than that, yes, this is a very silly battle.

By: Jesus

Jesus — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:10:51 +0000

This is war.
Pick a side.
Fight.
Die in Honor.

By: Thibaut

Thibaut — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:03:18 +0000

while I agree totally with your point (as someone that mix Redis, MongoDB, and MySQL) and while zealotry is probably the first thing I dislike in programming, please – “holy war” really means something.

My point is: there’s no blood here – it’s just the regular and evergoing chatter of new things vs older things that has always been seen in IT (let alone other fields .

By: dom farr

dom farr — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:28:51 +0000

There will always be absolutism in the software world, as there is in the larger world – as developers we needs to see them for what they are and stay balanced – the right tool for the job.

By: benc

benc — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:06:32 +0000

Very much in agreement,
hopefully this holy war is stopped much quicker than some of the age old ones we’ve seen in the past. As far as scalability goes, I think NoSQL camp tends over overplay this. I think one of the bigger advantages in NoSQL is the loose document/key-value model, which really helps speed up development.