Anybody who replaces the hoary old albatross of SQL without throwing out the relational algebra baby with the bathwater gets my support. I hope this goes far.

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jauntywundrkind 4 days ago | parent [-]

I'm unconvinced the syntax makes a genuine difference. But always interesting to see what folks come up with!

Some notable others:

PreQL/Trilogy - https://github.com/trilogy-data/pytrilogy https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40728938

Malloy -https://www.malloydata.dev/ https://github.com/malloydata/malloy https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30053860

PRQL - https://prql-lang.org/ https://github.com/PRQL/prql https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36866861

	▲	Pxtl 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		SQL's shortcomings aren't just syntax and the convention of SCREAMING KEYWORDS. There's the lack of algebraic types (particularly galling given the bizarre three-value boolean algebra created by its strange null-handling), the poor composability (why is creating a reusable predicate filter so hard?), the lack of any coherent module system, etc. The fact that something as simple as a tree is such a nuisance in a "relational" database is ludicrous.
	▲	anonzzzies 4 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> I'm unconvinced the syntax makes a genuine difference Syntax not, but datalog (-ish) does. It's a more natural way (imho of course) to query data. Far more complex queries with less mental overload.
	▲	pbowyer 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		EdgeQL - https://www.geldata.com/showcase/edgeql