minus-squareglue_snorter@lemmy.sdfeu.orgtoProgramming@programming.dev•Is there something better than SQL?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year ago the translation step from binary (program) -> text (SQL) -> binary (server) Your concern about this is misguided. Inter-process communication always has to cross a barrier, by definition. I take it http also feels wrong to you? Binary protocols do exist, e.g. gRPC, but they incur costs of their own. linkfedilink
minus-squareglue_snorter@lemmy.sdfeu.orgtoProgramming@programming.dev•Is there something better than SQL?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoShame I had to scroll this far to find PRQL linkfedilink
Your concern about this is misguided. Inter-process communication always has to cross a barrier, by definition.
I take it http also feels wrong to you?
Binary protocols do exist, e.g. gRPC, but they incur costs of their own.