What exactly is Arel in Rails 3.0?

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Published on 2010-05-05T03:28:31Z Indexed on 2010/05/05 3:38 UTC
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I understand that it is a replacement for ActiveRecord and that it uses objects instead of queries.

But...

why is this better?

will objects/queries be "easier" to create?

will it lead to more efficient SQL queries?

will it be compatible with all major DB's? - I assume it will.

will it be easier/harder to use with stored procedures?

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