So, when I say SQL, I meant ansi SQL, not PL/SQL, or any of the other various extensions of the language. Neither is purely declarative, but the prior is much c

So, when I say SQL, I meant ansi SQL, not PL/SQL, or any of the other various extensions of the language. Neither is purely declarative, but the prior is much closer. Also I wasn't suggesting that declarative languages are broadly useful (in fact I'd suggest quite the opposite), just that they are very interesting.