And if that's the biggest perceived problem with SQL, then SQL isn't going anywhere.
It can't just be a little better than SQL, especially in terms of syntactic aesthetics; it has to be substantially and provably better than SQL to the point where companies are willing to pay for retraining, folks are willing to buy books and classes about it, and database engine developers have to consider it worthwhile to implement.
I don't see PRQL coming close to reaching that bar.
It can't just be a little better than SQL, especially in terms of syntactic aesthetics; it has to be substantially and provably better than SQL to the point where companies are willing to pay for retraining, folks are willing to buy books and classes about it, and database engine developers have to consider it worthwhile to implement.
I don't see PRQL coming close to reaching that bar.