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Because one of SEQUEL, and thus SQL's design goals was to create a language that's usable by non-programmers of various levels of computer and math fluency. Hav
by Sanddancer 10y ago
Because one of SEQUEL, and thus SQL's design goals was to create a language that's usable by non-programmers of various levels of computer and math fluency. Having to remember a set of symbols just to get a jobs report would be a huge turn-off to a huge subsection of people that the language was intended for.