Expressiveness and declarativeness are different things, no? Are you talking about aesthetics? I’ve used SQL for 20 years and it’s elegant in parts but it also

Expressiveness and declarativeness are different things, no? Are you talking about aesthetics? I’ve used SQL for 20 years and it’s elegant in parts but it also has warts. I talk about this elsewhere but SQL gets repetitive and requires multi layer CTEs to express certain simple aggregations.