The SQL language is terrible but we can live with it. But the answer to "Are there any relational data stores that offer eventual consistency, easy distribution, schema-on-demand or any such things a large modern application can use?" appears to be no. And that's just awful.
> On Apr 22, 2016, at 12:40 , David G. Johnston <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Raymond Brinzer <ray.brin...@gmail.com > <mailto:ray.brin...@gmail.com>> wrote: > So, let's just flat-out ask. > > Dear Important People: would the PostgreSQL project consider > supporting other query languages? Or creating a plug-in mechanism for > them, so that alternative interface languages could be added without > changing the base code? > > If by important you mean possessing a commit-bit then I don't count...but > for me, such a project would have to gain significant adoption as a fork of > the PostgreSQL code base before it would ever be considered for take-over by > the mainline project. > > David J. >
