The attraction is something that was designed after decades of usage and PL research. Consistency of syntax is a big one for me. A favorite example of mine:

The attraction is something that was designed after decades of usage and PL research. Consistency of syntax is a big one for me. A favorite example of mine: SELECT substring('PostgreSQL' from 8 for 3); SELECT substring('PostgreSQL', 8, 3); -- PostgreSQL-only syntax SELECT trim(both from 'yxSQLxx', 'xyz'); SELECT extract(day from timestamp '2001-02-16 20:38:40'); Taken from: https://www.edgedb.com/blog/we-can-do-better-than-sql https://www.edgedb.com/blog/we-can-do-better-than-sql Maybe if SQL would give me that monumental ask of trailing commas, perhaps I would hate it less.