Running SQL against boundless streams of data requires a new way of thinking about programming. While much of the SQL grammar remains the same, how the queries work, the results that are shown, and ...

Developers often dispute the merits of SQL as a legitimate programming language, but this misses the point. SQL is a powerful 4GL for accessing data.

Libraries added to R programming permit SQL queries and Python syntax without changing the programming environment. Python has similar options.

Interest in the open source R language keeps rising, making it the candidate for TIOBE's programming language of the year.