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		otabdeveloper4 64 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pipelined Relational Query Language, Pronounced "P... Typing fields before table name is like the least bad thing about SQL and doesn't need fixing.

data_ders 64 days ago [–]

what do you think is the "most bad" thing about SQL?

otabdeveloper4 64 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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