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		hyperpallium on Sept 4, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Select Star SQL, an interactive SQL book Since there weren't any commercial relational databases available pre-SQL, this is quite true. Codd wrote a couple of query languages before, but they apparently weren't usable by mere mortals. SQL is over 40 years old, and still dominates. The most recent contenders had to position themselves in terms of SQL (NoSQL).

codeisawesome on Sept 4, 2018 [–]

Also interesting how even NoSQL (non relational) Data stores are embracing SQL or some subset or flavouring of it.

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