You're probably right. A good example of that is the difference between
the excellent pgadmin and the desktop mysql administrator which is very
buggy and strangely laid out. Whenever I have to deal with mysql I get
the feeling I'm messing around with a bunch of hacks. It's very strange
to deal with. Simple things like just granting access to a database you
have to issue perhaps 3 different commands some from the os command
line, some from the db interperter. I think people who understand the
importance of administrative simplicity probably also make good coders
and vice versa.
Scott Marlowe wrote:
> I wasn't referring to projects written in both languages. I was
> referring to projects written primarily for MySQL or "real" databases
> (i.e. oracle, pgsql, mssql, db2, and on and on). No matter what
> language is used, I think you'll find that apps written primarily for
> mysql have poorer code than the ones written primarily for other apps.
> The ones that are truly transportable will generally be the best, but if
> they try to support MySQL AND the other real databases, you'll likely
> find lots of hacks in the code to keep MySQL happy, that wouldn't be
> needed if they didn't support it.
>
> Does that make more sense?
>
>