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>It triumphed over other query languages not because it was particularly great (though it was easier to read), but because it was standard. Isn't that a tautol
by RyanMcGreal 16y ago
>It triumphed over other query languages not because it was particularly great (though it was easier to read), but because it was standard.
Isn't that a tautology?
- DrJokepu 16y agoNot all standards are popular. Microsoft's OOXML, for example, is technically an ECMA and ISO standard but I wouldn't call it exactly popular (even though it's widely used due to Office's market position). Because being a standard does not always imply popularity, the statement is not a tautology.
- btilly 16y agoNo. Standard just meant that it worked in lots of different places. It didn't mean that it was the only option, first option, or best option. But, by being standard, it became a lowest common denominator that people largely stuck to. The links at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_language include many of the competitors to SQL. In particular look at Datalog, ERROL, ISBL, and QUEL.