I think you make a valid point about compositionality. SQL lacks elegant composition at the source/module/syntax level. Views and stored procedures are all stat

I think you make a valid point about compositionality. SQL lacks elegant composition at the source/module/syntax level. Views and stored procedures are all stateful ways of achieving something similar by using them also involves migrating that state. I don't think you're saying SQL is not expensive which seems to be the rebuttal offered by siblings.