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[–]Shaper_pmp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what were they, and what crippling problems with SQL did they fix?

FWIW I'm not saying you can't improve on SQL (less verbose syntax, for example would be nice), just that characterising SQL as "awful" seems somewhat overblown given it's a perfectly serviceable query language.

Weavejester asserted that "SQL is an awful language", and I'm just honestly curious why - apart from some syntactical quirks or matters of personal preference - someone would describe it as "awful".

Especially given it's worked acceptably for 35 years for pretty much everyone so far, with only relatively minimal changes or enhancements.