On Jun 27, 4:35 pm, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Carl Banks <pavlovevide...@gmail.com> writes: > > Seriously, almost every other kind of library uses a binary API. > > Except for the huge number that deal with text protocols or languages.
No, not really. Almost all types of libraries have binary APIs, including those that deal with text protocols or language. Any control with string commands is something that's built on top of the binary API. And culturally, programmers interfacing those libraries expect to and are expected to use the binary API for low-level programming. RDBs, as a whole, either don't have binary APIs or they have them but no one really uses them. > > What makes databases so special that they need a string-command based > > API? > > Because SQL is a text language. Circular logic. I'm disappointed, usually when you sit on your reinforced soapbox and pretense the air of infinite expertise you at least use reasonable logic. Also, I was asking about databases. "SQL is a text language" is not the answer to the question "Why do RDBs use string commands instead of binary APIs"? Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
