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by esafak 123 days ago
PRQL is declarative. They are just heeding the maxim "If it's broke, fix it".
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otabdeveloper4 123 days ago
Typing fields before table name is like the least bad thing about SQL and doesn't need fixing.
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data_ders 123 days ago
what do you think is the "most bad" thing about SQL?
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otabdeveloper4 123 days ago
Lack of abstractions like (block-scoped) variables and lambda functions.

SQL is declarative and purely functional anyways, so implementing these is a no-brainer.

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