Re: [GENERAL] Functions and Parentheses

On 10/06/2017 02:33 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Igal @ Lucee.org" <igal@lucee.org> writes:
>> How come `current_date` has no parenthesis but `clock_timestamp()` does?
> 
> Because the SQL standard says that CURRENT_DATE doesn't have parentheses.
> It is a function by any other measure, though.
> 
> (AFAICT, the SQL committee is unacquainted with any principles of
> programming language syntax design that emerged later than the COBOL
> era.  Their capacity to invent new and non-orthogonal syntax for every
> new feature seems boundless.)

This is the best statement I have read all week.

JD


> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 
> 


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