Relational databases have maintained their rule over information systems. But over the past decade a competitor has risen, challenging some philosophical notions people have long since held onto. These NoSQL competitors have an innovative outlook for clustering, cloud computing, and large stores of information.
Could this be the end of SQL as we know it? I think not[...]
PHP or .NET? C# or Java? Perl or Python? Cobol or Fortran? The debate over program language performance has raged since the inception of computers. Everything from server hardware to the compiler/interpreter to type-casting has been placed on the chopping-block. Where do you stand? What side do you take? How do you choose what language you use when starting a new project?
Perhaps we have become so technical in arguing about language performance that we have lost sight of the biggest factor of all: the human element[...]
