> 2) languages such as PL/SQL are much poorer than any modern programming language true but it is for a reason. For example you can replace/upgrade any piece

> 2) languages such as PL/SQL are much poorer than any modern programming language true but it is for a reason. For example you can replace/upgrade any piece of code on the running system transactionally. But in a modern programming language, let's say Java, it is not possible. Should PL/SQL be similar to a "modern programming language" it would lose a lot of its perks. Generally speaking PL/SQL is not much different from DDL like "create table ...". The latter is similar code describing "business logic"