An idea originating from my research into relational algrebra and how it has been lost to SQL and its dominance. I was originally curious as to what we might be losing out on, and I also saw a lack of ...

Abstract: In this paper, we present a translator from a relevant subset of SQL into relational algebra. The translation is syntax-directed, with translation rules associated with grammar productions; ...

Every day, businesses depend on data to operate. Customer orders, quotes for new business, conversations around products, campaigns for marketing—pretty much every business process today is based on ...

A tug of war in San Francisco over whether to teach algebra in eighth or ninth grade gets at wider national questions about serving all students fairly. By Soumya Karlamangla How to make algebra ...

In the field of structured data computing, SQL is still the most widely used working language, not only adopted by all relational databases, but also targeted by many new big data platforms. For a ...

SQL, the Structured Query Language, remains one of the most widely used programming languages, coming in fourth in Stack Overflow’s research for 2023. Just over half (51.52%) of professional ...

This post continues the series from the Adjoint School of Applied Category Theory 2022. It is a summary of the main ideas introduced in this paper: Filippo Bonchi, Dusko Pavlovic and Pawel Sobocinski, ...

Bob Muglia is something of a bard of databases, capable of unfurling sweeping tales in the evolution of technology. That is what Muglia, former Microsoft executive and former Snowflake CEO, did ...