[burntsushi]

> it's in approximately the same place as C is w.r.t. databases.

I think the existence of a standardized interface like `database/sql` makes things strictly better.

An anecdote: I started making a new web application using MySQL. As soon as I realized the error of my ways (not because of the driver), I swapped out a single import from the MySQL driver to the PostgreSQL driver, and everything continued to work as it did before.

[EDIT] Anyone care to explain the down-votes?

[redler]

The downvotes are likely because they're reading your MySQL-to-Postgres anecdote as the firing of a shot in an unrelated battle many love to hate, if not a mild troll.

[burntsushi]

Ah, right. My bad. The folly is still fresh, and there is still a bit of pent-up rage that I hadn't made this discovery sooner.