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Re:We Can Do Better Than SQL by rplst8 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @05:52AM (#24118749)
> If SQL is based on tables, what about a QL based on relations only.

Try Sparql.

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Re:We Can Do Better Than SQL by udp on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @08:00AM (#24119407)
Came looking for the reference, and found it - but there are fewer and fewer mentions of SPARQL with each of these HN discussions. I think people just think "oh some semantic web crap" and move on without realising how powerful RDF etc. really can be when used as simple tools, without the 90s hype of changing the world with linked data.

At least the old ideas are resurging in the form of Neo4j (essentially a triplestore) and Cypher (essentially SPARQL).

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