Beyond SQL: 8 new languages for data querying
For the last three decades, databases and Structured Query Language (SQL) were almost synonymous. Anyone who wanted to retrieve information from a database had to learn SQL. Anyone who wanted to care for a database or take a job as a database administrator needed to master its nuances.The language itself is a throwback, an opportunity to think and code as the mainframe users did. While the rest of the world embraced lowercase letters, SQL users continued to type words like SELECT or WHERE. Even today, few seem to care that some Tik Tok users mock them or ask why they are shouting. If ALL CAPS was good enough for punchcard deck jockeys wearing ties and short sleeve shirts, well, it's still good enough for today’s remote worker wearing teddy bear pajamas.To read this article in full, please click here
For the last three decades, databases and Structured Query Language (SQL) were almost synonymous. Anyone who wanted to retrieve information from a database had to learn SQL. Anyone who wanted to care for a database or take a job as a database administrator needed to master its nuances.
The language itself is a throwback, an opportunity to think and code as the mainframe users did. While the rest of the world embraced lowercase letters, SQL users continued to type words like SELECT or WHERE. Even today, few seem to care that some Tik Tok users mock them or ask why they are shouting. If ALL CAPS was good enough for punchcard deck jockeys wearing ties and short sleeve shirts, well, it's still good enough for today’s remote worker wearing teddy bear pajamas.
