What language is SQL built on?

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Originally based upon relational algebra and tuple relational calculus, SQL consists of many types of statements, which may be informally classed as sublanguages, commonly: a data query language (DQL), a data definition language (DDL), a data control language (DCL), and a data manipulation language (DML).

Is SQL built on C?

So the answer is C - according to Burleson Consulting. Since SQL was originally written by IBM as part of System R, quoting what Oracle used to implement their variant of SQL is not entirely relevant. IBM used PL/I in the first implementation of SQL.

Is SQL based on Python?

The key difference between SQL and Python is that developers use SQL to access and extract data from a database, whereas developers use Python to analyze and manipulate data by running regression tests, time series tests and other data processing computations.

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So the answer is C - according to Burleson Consulting. Since SQL was originally written by IBM as part of System R, quoting what Oracle used to implement their variant of SQL is not entirely relevant. IBM used PL/I in the first implementation of SQL.

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The key difference between SQL and Python is that developers use SQL to access and extract data from a database, whereas developers use Python to analyze and manipulate data by running regression tests, time series tests and other data processing computations.

What language is SQL built on?

Is SQL built on C?

Is SQL based on Python?

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