[Haskell-beginners] Ranges and List Comprehensions in SQL

Brent Yorgey byorgey at seas.upenn.edu
Fri Sep 3 14:07:42 EDT 2010


On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 12:09:01PM -0400, Toby Thain wrote:
> 
> On 3-Sep-10, at 11:43 AM, Brent Yorgey wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 11:21:27AM -0400, Tom Murphy wrote:
> >...
> >>The record would actually be coming from an SQL database.
> >>I would like to be able to store a large list in SQL records,
> >>without having
> >>to store every element.
> >
> 
> I see no downside whatsoever to "storing every element". It's what an
> RDBMS does: manage relations.

Good point.  I initially meant to write something about "premature
optimization" in my email but then forgot.

-Brent


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