Problems with DSLs for non-programmers

Re:Problems with DSLs for non-programmers by faitswulff on Saturday May 25, 2019 @07:43AM (#20008449)

> The last time I had a business analyst that wanted to write SQL, he tripped over one join and asked me to do the job.

Anecdotal counterpoint: I've met many an analyst who had some mean SQL skills.

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Re:Problems with DSLs for non-programmers by dagw on Saturday May 25, 2019 @09:16AM (#20008862)

And equally I've met many a career programmer who get confused by non-trivial SQL

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Re:Problems with DSLs for non-programmers by Macha on Saturday May 25, 2019 @07:58AM (#20008508)

Our previous PM was better at SQL than most developers on my team at the time (myself included, which was a big motivation in taking the time to properly learn more advanced SQL last year).

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Re:Problems with DSLs for non-programmers by asfgjkladmxvn on Saturday May 25, 2019 @07:46AM (#20008457)

Some people are lazy. Some people are busy, stressed etc. There are many reasons that an analyst might not want to write SQL on a given day.

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