Small correction: The worst SQL is done by people who treat it like an imperative programming language. SQL is a declarative programming language. It's probabl

Small correction: The worst SQL is done by people who treat it like an imperative programming language. SQL is a declarative programming language. It's probably much easier to learn for people with experience in functional programming (where you also specify what you want, not how to get it), and tools like Excel, than people who are used to thinking about telling the computer what to do.