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"Sequel" is explicitly wrong; it was a predecessor of SQL, not a pronunciation of it.
by o11c 3y ago
"Sequel" is explicitly wrong; it was a predecessor of SQL, not a pronunciation of it.
- kwk1 3y agoIt was a superficial renaming initiated by a trademark conflict, that hardly warrants a "predecessor" designation.
- usrusr 3y agoWouldn't that make SQL a sequel to Sequel? Sorry, I feel like I'm annoying on purpose, I shouldn't do this. Reading up on the history parts in the Wikipedia article, the German language version presents it as if SQL was the Oracle (Relational Software Inc) implementation of IBM's Sequel, the English page says the name was shortened due to trademark issues, before mentioning any implementation outside IBM. That would make Sequel and SQL the same thing, just rebranded early on. It also lists a clever (b)acronym and two other reasons for why they called it sequel before shortening, so it seems like there's a decent amount of mystery around the name. Almost as if it happened before the invention of writing.
- dotancohen 3y agoInteresting that is the case with an Oracle product. Even the name of the company is shrouded in myth. Apparently Larry worked on some government project called Oracle before founding the company, and liked the personalised acronym he could make of the word. But if that is considered by him to be an official acronym is (was) the subject of debate for quite some time.
- paulddraper 3y agohttps://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/homonym https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/homon...
- Karellen 3y agoBut also, Microsoft's "SQL Server" is officially pronounced "Sequel Server", so a lot of devs who grew up working on Windows systems will pronounce "SQL" as "sequel". For them, it's not entirely wrong.