Disclaimer: I'm a core contributor to PRQL [1] and post about it a lot on HN. Apologies for jumping in on other people's threads, but for people interested in the headline, PRQL might be of interest.
At PRQL[1] we believe that SQL is a combination of two things:
1. Relational Algebra, which is eternal because it's just maths, and
2. A language designed in the 70s that looks like COBOL.
When people say that SQL will never die, they are usually thinking about Relational Algebra because SQL has been used interchangeably with that. With PRQL we agree that Relational Algebra is fundamental to thinking about data and we intend to keep that. However we've learned a lot about programming languages in the last 50 years and so PRQL is a revamp of SQL that brings the composability of functional languages and modern ergonomics to data transformations in order to improve the DX and UX of data scientists, data analysts and analytics engineers.
PRQL is simply a compiler that produces SQL so you can use it with whatever database you are currently using. It's completely open source with zero commercial associations and is deeply committed to staying that way forever.
1: https://prql-lang.org/
At PRQL[1] we believe that SQL is a combination of two things:
1. Relational Algebra, which is eternal because it's just maths, and 2. A language designed in the 70s that looks like COBOL.
When people say that SQL will never die, they are usually thinking about Relational Algebra because SQL has been used interchangeably with that. With PRQL we agree that Relational Algebra is fundamental to thinking about data and we intend to keep that. However we've learned a lot about programming languages in the last 50 years and so PRQL is a revamp of SQL that brings the composability of functional languages and modern ergonomics to data transformations in order to improve the DX and UX of data scientists, data analysts and analytics engineers.
PRQL is simply a compiler that produces SQL so you can use it with whatever database you are currently using. It's completely open source with zero commercial associations and is deeply committed to staying that way forever.
1: https://prql-lang.org/