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Comment by andrewflnr

6 months ago

> - A Truly Relational Language

> Well, in Python, almost everything is a key/value store.

Why would that be anywhere near an adequate substitute? KV stores are not relational, they don't support relational algebra. KV stores in PLs are common as dirt, so if they were relevant to the question of ending relations in a language I think the author would have noticed.

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