[williamcotton]

1.) Bash is not niche.

2.) SQL is not a general purpose programming language and is used as an example of a little language by the author.

I can clearly imagine a future where instead of a few large general purpose languages we have a multitude of niche languages that have better performance characteristics, better tooling and smaller individual learning curves.

[BiteCode_dev]

I won't repeat the other comments I made, but in summary, yes bash is niche, stuck in a local optimum, no sql is not small anymore.