> SQL is around since the dawn of relational database
There was a decent amount of competition back then, though. It seems the industry eventually settled on SQL to be compatible with Oracle's dominance. Postgres didn't gain SQL support until about a decade in.
Postgres used QUEL in the early days, as did its predecessor Ingres. MRDS, the first commercially available relational database, used a language known as Linus. Alpha was the language originally envisioned by Codd to describe his relational model.
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> SQL is around since the dawn of relational database
There was a decent amount of competition back then, though. It seems the industry eventually settled on SQL to be compatible with Oracle's dominance. Postgres didn't gain SQL support until about a decade in.
What were some of the alternatives? What did Postgres start with?
Postgres used QUEL in the early days, as did its predecessor Ingres. MRDS, the first commercially available relational database, used a language known as Linus. Alpha was the language originally envisioned by Codd to describe his relational model.