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by jeffbee 267 days ago
SQL and to an extent R were both created under the assumption that most people were not inclined to learn to program the computer. They could be expected to speak English and understand relational algebra, but they couldn't be expected to learn an imperative programming language. The existence of SQL stands as proof that at least some people 50 years ago thought there were multiple classes of user.