Comment on Is there something better than SQL?

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BehindTheBarrier@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I’m not too much of a fan of the SQL equivalent of SELECT not being at the top. Granted I’m fairly sure there are some arguments for it, since select is optional there’s a higher mental load trying to figure out what is actually being returned imo. At least from looking at for the first time.

On the other hand, i’d kill for f-strings, the top N in group (which is nigh unreadable in SQL), and null handling that doesn’t require me to write either COALSECE or NVL too often. The joins were a little less pretty though, I’m quite fond of normal SQL joins since they are very reasonable unless chained beyond the line count your screen can show.

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