diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index e2c60bd9..99263dc2 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ ## DESCRIPTION +Arel Really Exasperates Logicians + Arel is a SQL AST manager for Ruby. It 1. Simplifies the generation of complex SQL queries @@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ query.to_sql ### More Sophisticated Queries -Here is a whirlwind tour through the most common relational operators. These will probably cover 80% of all interaction with the database. +Here is a whirlwind tour through the most common SQL operators. These will probably cover 80% of all interaction with the database. First is the 'restriction' operator, `where`: @@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ users.project(users[:name]).group(users[:name]) # => SELECT users.name FROM users GROUP BY users.name ``` -The best property of the Relational Algebra is its "composability", or closure under all operations. For example, to restrict AND project, just "chain" the method invocations: +The best property of arel is its "composability", or closure under all operations. For example, to restrict AND project, just "chain" the method invocations: ```ruby users \