Re: sqlite3

[Qiantan Hong]

Sorry, I mistakenly killed a line which makes it hard to read,
I add it back:

> My arguments:

(Added) There are basically two use cases for SQLite3:

> 1. Using as a persistent key value store.  However, in this case
> the external database provides virtually no benefit over plain
> text, because the major cost here is to print/read lisp values,
> and you still need to do it when using a database because they
> understand strings, not lisp values!
> 
> 2. As a querying tool over some data.  In this case, the
> functionality largely overlaps with LISt Processing itself.  The
> argument is the same as why we don’t want to introduce JavaScript
> scripting into Emacs.  If developers are lured into writing more
> of their code in SQL, those parts are detached from Lisp world
> and loses all the niceties from Emacs Lisp (explorability,
> dynamic modifiability etc).

(And I then go on to the other points)
> 
> 3. Database files are not readable directly by a text editor.
> 
> 4. ...