10 Reasons Why SQL Is and Is Not a Programming Language

SQL coder: You’re not learning programming. Or are you?

Zach Quinn
Learning SQL
Published in
7 min readMar 6

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You probably won’t get a 404 error in SQL. Photo by Kostiantyn Li on Unsplash.

For a language that’s been around over 40 years, I find it surprising that the second-most debated SQL topic is how to pronounce what most people call ‘sequel.’

If you disagree, I’m afraid that’s a debate for another time.

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Zach Quinn
Learning SQL

Data Engineer @ Forbes. Former journalist. The facts are the facts but opinions are my own.