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   Simon Clubley to arne@vajhoej.dk   
   Re: extending MySQL on VMS   
   19 Aug 25 12:45:54   
   
   From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2025-08-18, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >   
   > But point is that one need to know something about the   
   > languages.   
   >   
   > Just picking an operator that "looks like" and hope it   
   > has similar semantics is no good.   
   >   
      
   Agreed.   
      
   But also, knowing the language to a level that allows you to write   
   robust code in it, is not the same as needing to be a language lawyer   
   in order to be able to use that language.   
      
   Simon.   
      
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