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On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 11:38 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 02:02 pm, Dan Sommers wrote:
>
>> Well, I have at least some non-zero chance of reading and writing JSON
>> or XML by hand.  Can the same be said for a sqlite database?
>
>
> Real programmers edit their SQL databases directly on the hard drive platter
> using a magnetised needle and a steady hand.

REAL programmers use emacs, with the C-x M-x M-butterfly command.

ChrisA