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		klysm on June 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Full Time Usually they’re not even really relational mappers, but table mappers.

throwaway744678 on June 16, 2023 [–]

Not sure what you mean: (in a rdms) a table is a relation.

klysm on June 17, 2023 | [–]

Yes exactly. ORMs are usually only good at representing tables, not general relations.

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