Along this point, C# and VB.NET have SQL-like expressions that can be used for processing, called LINQ [1]. They even get the order of the clauses correct!
A feature like this may help your programmers who are used to thinking in terms of filter -> select -> order.
A feature like this may help your programmers who are used to thinking in terms of filter -> select -> order.
[1] https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397927.aspx