> SQL is good, but it shows its age "The relational model is dead, SQL is dead, and I don’t feel so good myself". [PDF] - https://sigmodrecord.org/publications

> SQL is good, but it shows its age "The relational model is dead, SQL is dead, and I don’t feel so good myself". [PDF] - https://sigmodrecord.org/publications/sigmodRecord/1306/pdfs/11.reports.atzeni.pdf https://sigmodrecord.org/publications/sigmodRecord/1306/pdfs... > Both of these can be resolved with used of good enough functional language Yes, functional aspects is exactly what is missing in RM in general and SQL in particular. Yet, I do not think this can be easily added - the whole paradigm has to be changed.