However, from my position, where I've been watching some of these evolve over the decades, I can say I'm glad things never got set in stone by the "standard". While there have been inevitable dead ends, by and large it has been the variations and vendor experiments that have let SQL somehow stay SQL and yet gather features that we mostly find useful.
With respect, I can't disagree with this more. Drifting SQL dialects is a massive pain point, one also felt by Java on the JVM, and by browsers in the early days. In the grand scheme of things this really hurts the users and creates a sense of vendor lock-in that isn't necessary.
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With respect, I can't disagree with this more. Drifting SQL dialects is a massive pain point, one also felt by Java on the JVM, and by browsers in the early days. In the grand scheme of things this really hurts the users and creates a sense of vendor lock-in that isn't necessary.