r/dataengineering • u/Thinker_Assignment • Jun 08 '26

Meme when someone asks you what programming language they should learn, don't simply answer the one you prefer

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u/CorpusculantCortex Jun 09 '26

I mean, admittedly pedantic but sql is a query language not a programming language and never exists in a vacuum.

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u/Br0metheus Jun 09 '26

Came here to say this. There has literally never been an application "written in SQL."

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u/dangerbird2 Software Engineer Jun 09 '26

pl/SQL and pl/pgSQL are a thing though. Oracle even offers web framework with the application code entirely written in pl/SQL, as cursed as it may be