> It was designed to be a declarative language that normals could use.
We may be getting off the query hint topic, but normals can use SQL Server as you've described. They can write queries and get data out, they just can't expect those queries to perform optimally without expertise.
In normal language, you and I have the freedom to convey our thoughts a billion different ways. But only one guy wrote The Sun Also Rises (for example.) Hemingway found the right way to write it.
We may be getting off the query hint topic, but normals can use SQL Server as you've described. They can write queries and get data out, they just can't expect those queries to perform optimally without expertise.
In normal language, you and I have the freedom to convey our thoughts a billion different ways. But only one guy wrote The Sun Also Rises (for example.) Hemingway found the right way to write it.