the title doesn't match the first statement, which states a math unfact:
>A Critique of SQL, 40 Years Later 08.11.2022
>The SQL language made its first appearance in 1974, as part of IBM’s System R database. It is now over 50 years later, and SQL is the de facto language for
The title did not refer to years passed since the introduction of SQL, but to years passed since the publication of the paper with the title "A Critique of the SQL Database Language", i.e. from 1984-11.
>A Critique of SQL, 40 Years Later 08.11.2022
>The SQL language made its first appearance in 1974, as part of IBM’s System R database. It is now over 50 years later, and SQL is the de facto language for
1974 isn't 50 years ago yet :)