Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by raverbashing 1003 days ago
> we believe that SQL is a combination of two things:

> 1. Relational Algebra, which is eternal because it's just maths, and 2. A language designed in the 70s that looks like COBOL.

Your belief is as real as my belief that it rains too much in London ;) (that is, it is correct)

But why people have such hold on to such a quirky syntax beats me