Comment by mamcx

The only good reason is that SQL is the only main interface for most of the main DBs.

There is NOT other *good reason*.

P.D: But, why? Well, at first SQL was truly small. Then the cost of "just adding" something look easier than redo another lang.

TODAY, SQL is insanely bad and complex.

To the point that you can, literally, learn Rust faster than SQL.

Seriously! look for example how many reserved words you need to be aware of:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SQL_reserved_words

P.D: I implement parts of the SQL support for a RDBMS. I think the teams expect >5 years to fully do it.

I bet is possible to implement Rust way faster than that (ie: I mean here for both: Parsing and correctly executing, not all optimization and other concerns)