> It took SQL well into the 1990s to fully solidify itself as "the standard" for relational querying. IBM had SQL in their database product in 1981, Oracle had

> It took SQL well into the 1990s to fully solidify itself as "the standard" for relational querying. IBM had SQL in their database product in 1981, Oracle had it by v4 in 1984, ANSI picked SQL as its standard that same year, and completed the first version by 1986. Some time scientists say that the 1980s occurred before "well into the 1990s" but I mean, who can really say, right?