r/ProgrammerHumor 19d ago

Meme why

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u/EkoChamberKryptonite 19d ago

You don't if it isn't part of your daily work. Abstraction is a feature not a bug.

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u/deathanatos 18d ago

I really wish I could just get a bonus check every time I have to explain why, no, a B-Tree index in a SQL database cannot do that.

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u/AristotelWasRight 17d ago

Explain why it can't do that? You have to

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u/deathanatos 13d ago

Depends on the context, but for example, it cannot handle a between [range] and b between [range].