SQL

Does anyone else here positively enjoy programming in SQL?

I love working with it, it's my favourite. Especially T-SQL.

A lot of the things going into business targeted languages nowadays are the exact same things that any large scale software project needs.  There are entire fields now where prima donna languages like LISP with custom macros and shit just can't cut it when you need many people of varying skills and abilities all working together to get it done in any reasonable time frame.  If you are just a useless academic playing with algorithms, though, then avoiding the things business goes for is fine.