In "Stating the obvious", C.J. Date wrote 50 (FIFTY) pages solely on the subject of how SQL screwed up with the most fundamental operator of all : testing for e

In "Stating the obvious", C.J. Date wrote 50 (FIFTY) pages solely on the subject of how SQL screwed up with the most fundamental operator of all : testing for equality. I'll repeat : FIFTY pages about everything that SQL got wrong with just the equality operator. Go figure about the rest ...