Unpopular Tech and Why It Was AMAZING
summary
Claim: MySQL 3 had no transactions but is designed for high‑volume inserts and shows HTTP‑speed connection times that make CGI/PHP hosting practical, so it actually scales by sharding rather than ACID. Claim: PHP 3 discards interpreter state each request and ships a huge stdlib so shared hosting works without DBAs. Claim: XML sets UTF‑8 default and provides stream+document parsers enabling interoperable data exchange. CPAN adds a one‑command package manager; Tcl/Tk embeds GUIs cross‑platform and often just works.
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- 0:00Start
- 0:27TALKING UP TALKED DOWN TECHNOLOGY!
- 1:18MYSQL 3
- 23:48PERL WHAT IS IT?
- 24:36PERL (for the web)
- 38:27TCL(/TK) WHY YOU NEED IT! web developer
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