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> why is it that SQL is, to first order, the only language used to interact with databases, and SQL has about the same features as it did in the 70s? Because S

> why is it that SQL is, to first order, the only language used to interact with databases, and SQL has about the same features as it did in the 70s? Because SQL is effectively a domain-specific language. If you added 100+ additional keywords/functions/etc., do you think it would be easier or more difficult for the average developer to build something clean with it? I look at SQL like a pile of bricks. You don't want complicated, unicorn bricks or you won't be able to fit anything meaningful together. Experienced masons almost certainly prefer their materials to be as dumb and consistent as possible.

CRConrad 4y ago
> You don't want complicated, unicorn bricks or you won't be able to fit anything meaningful together. Experienced masons almost certainly prefer their materials to be as dumb and consistent as possible. And now we know what's gone wrong with Lego for the last two-three (close to four?) decades. Funny – and sad! – how popular this shit has been on sites like this, though. Dare one hope that that popularity might begin to wane? Idunno