Unlike with imperative languages which are dozen a dime, there's almost no alternative to SQL when it comes to relational languages. That being the case, peopl

Unlike with imperative languages which are dozen a dime, there's almost no alternative to SQL when it comes to relational languages. That being the case, people rarely even think about whether SQL is a good language or a bad language, whether it's lacking something etc. But once you actually try thinking about it, it turns out that it's a pretty well designed language and any alternatives you can think of are usually much inferior to it.