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I guess because of the learning curve - everybody already knows SQL and the time spent to create SQL parser is balanced by the time of thousands people not needing to learn some new (most of the time badly designed, look to example MongoDB) query language.

This is built on SQLite virtual tables, so it didn't require writing a new SQL engine (which is a monumental task): http://www.sqlite.org/vtab.html

Tools are top priority. You must read this: http://algeri-wong.com/yishan/engineering-management-tools-a...