I would claim that SQL is the ubiquitous loop-less language. Once you get into it, you start realizing what manipulating data is all about. And most of what yo

I would claim that SQL is the ubiquitous loop-less language. Once you get into it, you start realizing what manipulating data is all about. And most of what you need can be expressed without for loops. And then the step from SQL to Scala is not long. For me imperative languages are like Lego. SQL is like origami. You fold yourself to the solution. That said, K is obviously one step further in that analogy.