Every procedural layer I've ever used bolted onto SQL (pl/SQL, t-sql) has been absolute goddamned agony to use. SQL is a good (if dated) language for relationa

Every procedural layer I've ever used bolted onto SQL (pl/SQL, t-sql) has been absolute goddamned agony to use. SQL is a good (if dated) language for relational access and manipulation, but awful for procedural scripting.