On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 3:16 AM Ron <ronljohnso...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2/10/22 10:33 PM, Raymond Brinzer wrote: >
> The answer is obvious to every grey beard: SQL was developed from SEQUEL, > Structured *ENGLISH* Query Language at a company that loved English-style > programming languages. > > "SELECT column FROM mytable WHERE condition" is a perfect declarative > English sentence that any middle school grammar teacher would be proud of. > > "FROM mytable SELECT column"... not so much. > They're both perfectly good English; the order just changes the emphasis. That's the particularly annoying bit: we get all the bad things about English grammar, and none of the flexibility or beauty. First thing that came to mind was the beginning of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: "From my grandfather Verus I learned to relish the beauty of manners, and to restrain all anger." That's a translation of course, but into solid English. Putting what he learned first would not only be dull, it would obscure the fact that he's giving credit. -- Ray Brinzer
