On: Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With Google App Engine

[daleharvey]

I havent looked deep into it, buts the docs mentioning that it was a crud datastore engine, which means there is no 1-1 relationship with sql, by the positioning of the rest of the api, I dont imagine the more complex functionality google will introduce will align with the current standards either

[apathy → daleharvey]

* I dont imagine the more complex functionality google will introduce will align with the current standards either*

Probably not, but again, you don't necessarily have to use the bits that lock you in :-)

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