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sleiben | 3 years ago

Reminds me of Git.

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Eh, I’ve seen various things like Git come and go. I spent the majority of my career in the days before git existed and we used things like SVN. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Git supplanted. I would be surprised to see SQL supplanted.

swalsh|3 years ago

Git is a bit newer, and there have been many attempts to solve the same problem it solves, but it solves that specific problem VERY well... it'll be a long time before it's dethroned in my opinion.

shepherdjerred|3 years ago

Git is surprisingly only 17 years old while SQL is 48 years. Not that you’re wrong, it’s just interesting how comparatively newer it is

marcosdumay|3 years ago

Also, git had major competition for almost half of that time where it was not clear at all what software people would settle on (or even if they they would actually settle down).

SQL was nearly undisputed its entire life. It quickly killed every previous architecture, and everything that came after it made a point on being compatible.

TremendousJudge|3 years ago

SQL is at least 30 years older than Git. Git has yet to prove its longevity in the same way.

nightski|3 years ago

That statement will be true forever. It doesn’t tell you much.