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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_Server https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_Server Same as "FTP Server" doesn't mean proftpd, "HTTP Server" doesn't mean apache

by buster 7y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_Server https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_Server Same as "FTP Server" doesn't mean proftpd, "HTTP Server" doesn't mean apache and "C compiler" doesn't mean gcc. SQL is a language. Server is a generic term. Another example: I may ask my colleague the following: "Which SQL server should we use in our new project?". Does this mean, i would like to know the edition and version of the MS SQL Server or maybe (and from my point of view more likely) i am looking for PostgreSQL, MySQL or MSSQL. If i'd like to know which edition and version i should use, i'd ask "Which MS SQL Server should i use?". That's a difference. Might be that our views differ but i can understand the parents points.

Macha 7y ago
But httpd does mean Apache, and sh means Bourne shell. It also helps that nobody says "The SQL server is down" when their mysql instance is down. Even when using a generic term it's "the database is down"
- taffer 7y ago
  > It also helps that nobody says "The SQL server is down" when their mysql instance is down. I've heard such sentences many times from many people.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
  Eh... sh only refers to the generic specification of a bourne-family shell, usually bash or dash; almost nobody is actually using the original Bourne shell.
- bigato 7y ago
  In openbsd, httpd means their own webserver. In plan9, there is also a webserver called httpd.
- pritambaral 7y ago
  > ... and sh means Bourne shell. 1. Except on Android, stock Debian/Ubuntu/etc., and in the bootloader and initramfs of my embedded OS; 2. I'm guessing you actually meant 'Bourne Again Shell' instead of 'Bourne Shell'.
- zaarn 7y ago
  sh refers to a POSIX shell. The bourne shell (bsh) is not entirely compatible with the Bourne Against Shell (bash), and bash will switch to a compatibility mode if called as sh. Additionally, many distros, including Ubuntu and Debian, do not use bash as their default shell. (Ubuntu/Debian use dash, Arch uses zsh, Alpine uses busybox sh)

by buster 7y ago

Macha 7y ago

But httpd does mean Apache, and sh means Bourne shell. It also helps that nobody says "The SQL server is down" when their mysql instance is down. Even when using a generic term it's "the database is down"

taffer 7y ago
> It also helps that nobody says "The SQL server is down" when their mysql instance is down. I've heard such sentences many times from many people.
yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
Eh... sh only refers to the generic specification of a bourne-family shell, usually bash or dash; almost nobody is actually using the original Bourne shell.
bigato 7y ago
In openbsd, httpd means their own webserver. In plan9, there is also a webserver called httpd.
pritambaral 7y ago
> ... and sh means Bourne shell. 1. Except on Android, stock Debian/Ubuntu/etc., and in the bootloader and initramfs of my embedded OS; 2. I'm guessing you actually meant 'Bourne Again Shell' instead of 'Bourne Shell'.
zaarn 7y ago
sh refers to a POSIX shell. The bourne shell (bsh) is not entirely compatible with the Bourne Against Shell (bash), and bash will switch to a compatibility mode if called as sh. Additionally, many distros, including Ubuntu and Debian, do not use bash as their default shell. (Ubuntu/Debian use dash, Arch uses zsh, Alpine uses busybox sh)