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We need a normal form for pronouncing and naming relational databases. I’m half joking but it might alleviate people from being confused.
by zitterbewegung 7y ago
We need a normal form for pronouncing and naming relational databases.
I’m half joking but it might alleviate people from being confused.
- wongarsu 7y agoI thought the norm was to pronounce SQL as "sequel" in Microsoft products and "ES-QUEUE-EL" in every other context
- WorldMaker 7y agoThe norm is to pronounce it by how likely you think you might get yelled at for trademark infringement by a holding company of the assets of an old aircraft company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley The name confusion is all IBM's fault. > Chamberlin and Boyce's first attempt of a relational database language was Square, but it was difficult to use due to subscript notation. After moving to the San Jose Research Laboratory in 1973, they began work on SEQUEL. The acronym SEQUEL was later changed to SQL because "SEQUEL" was a trademark of the UK-based Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Engineering Limited company.
- zentiggr 7y agoSo that trademark has been un-revivable since 2005... long past time to start saying "sequel" for real :)
- DennisP 7y agoI preferred to call it "Squeal Server."
- ncmncm 7y agoAbsolutely. Squealer for short.