> : There is strong de-coupling between core SQL and any 
> : particular "language 
> : binding" (I assume you mean SQLC, SQLJ and the like).
> 
> Not to get off-topic, but how do you explain JDBC from Java's point of view?
> I don't think there are many people who have problems with escaping into SQL
> query from inside Java... or are there?

JDBC is not a SQL "binding".  It is purely an outside-in API.

The equivalent for XSLT would be a spec that allows you to invoke a processor 
from Java and handle the results (TRaX?).

This sort of thing is by no stretch a "binding".


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