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.

SQL had a somewhat unusual journey in the TIOBE Index. In 2004, due to debates about whether SQL counted as a programming language at all, Jansen removed it from the index.

In 2018, it was pointed out that SQL is Turing-complete, which makes it a programming language. So SQL was re-added to the index.

If you want a programming job, you better ensure you're proficient in SQL, Python, and Java. That's according to the 2024 IEEE Spectrum Top Programming Languages report, which looks at what ...

It was closely followed by HTML, then SQL, Python and TypeScript, in that order. With this in mind, let's look at the programming languages you should require from your software partner in 2023.

In other attempts at ranking the popularity of programming languages, SQL was No. 12 in a list developed by LangPop.com last October. Meanwhile, Python garnered the "language of the year" prize in the ...