With a relational model you have a choice between relational calculus or relational algebra. SQL does one of them.
I have used a language which did the other, long ago in a land far away. On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 9:56 AM, <david at andl.org> wrote: > >>>I think the best database language should reflect how earthlings think > about the data, and the best computer programming language would reflect > easily the result we want get from them. > > Care to expand on that? > > I'm developing a new database language: Andl. My starting point has been > the > relational model, Codd-Date-Darwen and The Third Manifesto. My (only) > competitor seems to be SQL, which has a 40+ year lead. Nothing like a > challenge! > > The question is: what should a database language do? Andl can already match > or surpass SQL on database programming tasks, but is that interesting > enough? > > What would make a database programming better, or best? > > Regards > David M Bennett FACS > > Andl - A New Database Language - andl.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > -- Christopher Vance
