| The basic idea here is to substantiate the claims made by this square post: | |
| http://corner.squareup.com/2011/06/postgresql-data-is-important.html | |
| In PostgreSQL, and MySQL (MyISAM and InnoDB) I create millions of rows and then add | |
| and remove columns and add and remove indexes. For columns without defaults this is | |
| basically free in PostgreSQL and O(n) in MySQL. For adding indexes its at best O(n) | |
| everywhere, but with PostgreSQL it claims not to do any locking that would otherwise | |
| prevent table interaction. | |
| Also, PostgreSQL has _awsome_ documentation (it has real examples!). I always get |
As it stands PEAR sucks. It's complicated, clumsy and is full of utter garbage (sorry).
PHP is rapidly dying because we don't have any decent way of writing code that can easily build on the work of others. What we need is a simple, open package management system like rubygems.
We now have decent support for namespaces, class autoloading and archives. I propose we abandon
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| * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT | |
| * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR | |
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| * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, | |
| * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT | |
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