I don’t see why not. It has a sublanguage which can be used to query - same with SQL. You can do other things in SQL besides querying as well, so why not?
C# also has a built-in query language (LINQ). I think it might just be simpler to group them together to avoid nuances like these, though I don’t think anyone would complain about not seeing LINQ on a query language list either.
Personally, I would like to see LINQ query syntax and LINQ method syntax separated too. Because I find method syntax very useful (for simple or linear-spread-cascading queries), but I find query syntax hard to read and reason. Even worse so when it introduces variables. I don’t want to see it anywhere in my projects. But method syntax has clear reasoning borders and I enjoy using it (up to a certain query complexity).
I also avoid query syntax generally because I find it hard to map to method syntax with more complex queries. It’s a cool concept though, despite it being painful to use.
Would Nushell qualify as a query language?
At the same time, it’s a scripting and programming language. Statements and commands are chained to query data.
I don’t see why not. It has a sublanguage which can be used to query - same with SQL. You can do other things in SQL besides querying as well, so why not?
C# also has a built-in query language (LINQ). I think it might just be simpler to group them together to avoid nuances like these, though I don’t think anyone would complain about not seeing LINQ on a query language list either.
Personally, I would like to see LINQ query syntax and LINQ method syntax separated too. Because I find method syntax very useful (for simple or linear-spread-cascading queries), but I find query syntax hard to read and reason. Even worse so when it introduces variables. I don’t want to see it anywhere in my projects. But method syntax has clear reasoning borders and I enjoy using it (up to a certain query complexity).
I also avoid query syntax generally because I find it hard to map to method syntax with more complex queries. It’s a cool concept though, despite it being painful to use.
Do we list it in both categories then? Query languages and scripting languages?