Why do you not hate SQL. I suspect the answer is the relational model. As a language, SQL is terrible. But it (poorly) implements enough of the relational mode

Why do you not hate SQL. I suspect the answer is the relational model. As a language, SQL is terrible. But it (poorly) implements enough of the relational model that it's still incredibly powerful. What really puzzles me is why, when there is constant innovation in system and application programming languages, databases are still stuck on the equivalent of COBOL. Why isn't there a modern relational language?