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When I was at college in the mid 80's and studied relational databases (and stuff like CODASYL :) ) we pronounced it "sequel". This was long before I was aware
by teh_klev 7y ago
When I was at college in the mid 80's and studied relational databases (and stuff like CODASYL :) ) we pronounced it "sequel". This was long before I was aware MS had their own SQL product (edit: which first shipped in 1989 on OS/2). As per our lectures, the "sequel" pronunciation dates back to when there was a database language named "SEQUEL"; and despite the name change, "sequel" stuck as the pronunciation.
In all my years in the industry working with SQL databases (since the early 90's), virtually no-one familiar with these products spelled out S-Q-L as the pronunciation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL#History