SQL has all of the benefits mentioned in the article, but a few small changes to the ANSI standard - mostly taking design cues from C#'s LINQ - would make it mu

SQL has all of the benefits mentioned in the article, but a few small changes to the ANSI standard - mostly taking design cues from C#'s LINQ - would make it much more usable and modern as a query language. https://www.linqpad.net/WhyLINQBeatsSQL.aspx https://www.linqpad.net/WhyLINQBeatsSQL.aspx Also, it's such a small thing, but why not place the SELECT clause after the FROM clause? This would allow for easier auto-completion help from the query editor.