The existence of this GQL is yet another example showing the failure of the unix model, where programs output text instead of structured data. Now we need a new

The existence of this GQL is yet another example showing the failure of the unix model, where programs output text instead of structured data. Now we need a new query language and a new external adapter program just to do a basic select. Yet we call it progress. Imagine instead if there was a standard xQL that could run on any tool.