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I think you just posted to argue or troll, but I’ll take the bait.

SQL predates almost every programming language in use today. If those languages don’t have good interfaces for relational databases that’s where the bad design blame goes. But all modern programming languages do have good interfaces to multiple RDBMSs.

A serious programmer masters many languages and tools. SQL goes in that toolkit because it gets used everywhere and does the job better than alternatives in most cases. Things like relational databases and SQL don’t stick around for decades and get used in almost every application because they suffer from bad design or programmers can’t learn them.

All of the noSQL databases have their own language too. Some of them even use SQL.

I detect laziness and a poor rationalization. Do what you want but don’t expect senior programmers or employers to take you seriously with key tools and skills missing.