@xocolatl @emacsen
Consider:
- SQL queries via string formatting + basic helper functions: Good luck not accidentally doing something broken
- ORMs: Generates unreadable code, tends to encourage making bad code

A better query language would allow queries to be properly checked and not warrant such bad abstraction layers.
That's why people like me want a replacement to SQL, even after having used it for years. Meanwhile your position sounds like "Please don't replace C or Bourne Shell".