Category talk:Programming Languages

Isn't this covered by Category:Solutions by Programming Language? Everything except SQL derivatves is in the solutions category. --Mwn3d 23:25, 4 December 2007 (MST)

This category, as well as SQL derivatives, should probably be merged back with the "Solutions by" category. --Short Circuit 09:33, 5 December 2007 (MST)

Maybe we could leave this category and subdivide the solutions category similarly to solutions by task and programming tasks? We're up to an awful lot of languages. It'd be nice to get some categories in for extra encyclopedic knowledge too. --Mwn3d 02:33, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Just to say, SQL derivatves are not programming languages, just servers. (MySQL, Oracle), programming languages are PL/SQL, T-SQL and etc.

SQL should be a "standard", but it is not: dialects may exist. So as far as I know, MySQL is yes a server, but also understand an "SQL" that can be called simply "MySQL"; I don't know how it relates to PL/SQL, T-SQL and so on... However on Wikipedia I read MySQL understand a broad subset of ANSI SQL 99, as well as extensions... --ShinTakezou 11:22, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I would be more comfortable grouping all such solutions under SQL (or perhaps PL/SQL or T-SQL) and then using the {works with} template to distinguish quirks that are specific to a particular implementation, such as MySQL. --IanOsgood 17:22, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I like this idea too. But the dialects would have to become implementations(?) rather than languages. --Mwn3d 18:00, 28 April 2009 (UTC)