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> Some popular DSLs most software developers use on a regular basis include Regular Expressions for pattern matching, AWK for text transformation or Standard Qu
by Lyngbakr 2y ago
> Some popular DSLs most software developers use on a regular basis include Regular Expressions for pattern matching, AWK for text transformation or Standard Query Language for interacting with databases.
Isn't it Structured Query Language? Or are both variants used?
- shakna 2y ago> In the early days of the system there was divided preference between Standard Query Language and Structured Query Language but it did not make a whole lot of difference since most people most of the time called it by the acronym SQL. Now the overwhelming but not complete preference is for Structured Query Language. [0] https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/sql.htm https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/sql.htm
- Lyngbakr 2y agoThanks for that!
- randomdata 2y agoStrictly, it is just SQL. It doesn't stand for anything. The project was originally known as SEQUEL, a fun word play on QUEL (from the Ingress/Postgres camp), but trademark issues saw it later lose the vowels. "Structured Query Language" is a so-called backronym. "Standard Query Language" fits the pattern as well. As does "Super Quick Lookup", if you want to have some fun with it.