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davided
I believe MongoDB has a great advantage and will develop more quickly because it is written in C++ and not in Erlang, like CouchDB.

I believe CouchDB has a great advantage and will develop more quickly because it is written in Erlang and not in C++, like MongoDB.

Qz
You should write movie scripts.
dschobel
He could merely be alluding to the fact that a lot more people know C++ than Erlang and therefore will be able to contribute to MongoDB's development.
scorpioxy
True. But considering that Erlang was designed especially for high-availability systems and concurrent systems, I would favor a database written in it than in C++.

Of course, it has very little to do with the language and a lot to do with how the code is written, but some things are easier to write in one platform over the other.

fredzvt
What I meant was interpreted correctly by dschobel. I agree that Erlang is more appropriate for the case, however, being MongoDB an open-source project, I believe MongoDB will develop faster because more people will be empowered to make corrections and add new features.
starkfist
On open source projects, the bulk of the work is done by a few core people. Mongo will progress faster simply because it's got a better core team.
MichaelGG
•The disuse of SQL as the query API. (Examples of APIs used include JSON, BSON, REST, RPC, etc.).

JOSN has a standard way to indicate which objects to select, along with ordering, grouping, and aggregation?

fredzvt
JSON is just a notation to structure information, not a query language. MongoDB uses JSON documents as specification for queries. Eg: The expression db.People.find({ name: Fred }); could be translated to the SQL: SELECT * FROM People WHERE Name = 'Fred'.
MichaelGG
My point exactly - the original quote is odd in making a comparison between SQL and JSON.