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That solves it then. When I was a fresh cheeked starter at IBM, the grey beards always called it "sequel", whilst we called it "ess queue ell". Always listen to
by countrymile 2y ago
That solves it then. When I was a fresh cheeked starter at IBM, the grey beards always called it "sequel", whilst we called it "ess queue ell". Always listen to the grey beards
- mzl 2y agoSEQUEL and SQL are different languages (although related), and the SQL standard says SQL is pronounced as "ess queue ell"...
- sa-code 2y agoI always thought it was pronounced "squeal"
- WesolyKubeczek 2y agoI detect you have too much of ThePrimeagen in your video feed…
- vargr616 2y agosquirrel
- shrikant 2y ago...only in an American accent.
- caf 2y agoSo is SQL the sequel to SEQUEL?
- ikari_pl 2y agosqueals!
- dialup_sounds 2y agoSEQUEL^2
- fbarred 2y agoWikipedia thinks its the same language: "The original name SEQUEL, which is widely regarded as a pun on QUEL, the query language of Ingres,[14] was later changed to SQL (dropping the vowels) because "SEQUEL" was a trademark of the UK-based Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Engineering Limited company.[15] The label SQL later became the acronym for Structured Query Language." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL Indeed, reading through the paper, I think it's too similar to modern SQL to be considered a different language.
- SPBS 2y agoNo, I am adamant that "sequel" is worse than "ess que ell". Most people who learned SQL on their own already call it "ess que ell" (a lot of my colleagues at work), because they never had a greybeard over their shoulder saying it be called "sequel". There's zero benefit in insisting it be called "sequel" other than to introduce an additional bump for people learning it all over the world. Reject sequel, join SQL. Also, anecdotally it seems like the "sequel" preference is relegated to the old-timer Oracle and SQL Server crowd, whereas the newer Postgres/MySQL/SQLite crowd prefer to call it "ess que ell" (simply because it's the obvious way to say it).
- Macha 2y agoPlenty of companies I've been at using Postgres/MySQL/MariaDB that call it sequel. It's a little bit of a mouthful to spell out SQL every time.
- lazyasciiart 2y agoI learned it by reading and so it will be pronounced forever in my head as something like “skwul”. Maybe that could be the compromise?
- Tijdreiziger 2y agoAt university we pronounced it ‘sequel’. Anyway, the benefit is the ease of pronunciation. It’s like .JPG files: sure, you can call them ‘Jay Pee Gee’ files, but it’s easier to call them ‘Jay-Pegs’.
- lioeters 2y agoSimilar to .GIF, which I prefer to pronounce "Gif" instead of "Jee Ai Ef".
- thehappypm 2y agoit’s pronounced “Gif”.
- bradleykingz 2y ago