SQL and NoSQL are Two Sides of the Same Coin 259
An anonymous reader writes "NoSQL databases have become a hot topic with their promise to solve the problem of distilling valuable information and business insight from big data in a scalable and programmer-friendly way. Microsoft researchers Erik Meijer and Gavin Bierman ... present a mathematical model and standardized query language that could be used to unify SQL and NoSQL data models."
Unify is not quite correct; the article shows that relational SQL and key-value NoSQL models are mathematically dual, and provides a monadic query language for what they have coined coSQL.
nothing new in computer engineering since 1980 (Score:3, Funny)
Nothing new in computer engineering since 1980. Prove me wrong.
Joke time ! (Score:5, Funny)
An SQL statement walks into a bar. He sees 2 tables and asks "May I join you?"