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Is it fair to compare the age of SQL to the age of JavaScript or that SQL has survive rapid change? SQL is a class of languages, while Javascipt is a specific l

Is it fair to compare the age of SQL to the age of JavaScript or that SQL has survive rapid change? SQL is a class of languages, while Javascipt is a specific language. The concepts behind JavaScript are older than SQL, and the modern SQL languages we use today are younger than 43yrs.

Twisell 9y ago
But so does JavaScript it's not like it hasn't changed...
majewsky 9y ago
> the modern SQL languages we use today are younger than 43yrs. 99% of people use a miniscule subset of SQL, most of which easily dates back decades.