On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 02:18:35PM -0600, Merlin Moncure wrote: > Exactly. SQL is proven to be more productive and code written in it > has longer longevity than alternatives. It's also generally more > terse in the hands of a good author. The authors of all the 'SQL > sucks' rants don't really explore why this is the case. For example, > SQL has transactions and pretty much all other major languages don't. > They may have it in a limited sense but not standardized throughout > the syntax and the standard libraries. High quality automatic > concurrency models are another factor. What I found with QUEL was that simple things were easier than SQL, but things like aggregates and subqueries were harder, confusing. or impossible. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com If only the physical world exists, free will is an illusion.
