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> SQL is around since the dawn of relational database There was a decent amount of competition back then, though. It seems the industry eventually settled on S
by randomdata 4y ago
> SQL is around since the dawn of relational database
There was a decent amount of competition back then, though. It seems the industry eventually settled on SQL to be compatible with Oracle's dominance. Postgres didn't gain SQL support until about a decade in.
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoWhat were some of the alternatives? What did Postgres start with?
- randomdata 4y agoPostgres used QUEL in the early days, as did its predecessor Ingres. MRDS, the first commercially available relational database, used a language known as Linus. Alpha was the language originally envisioned by Codd to describe his relational model.