Re: Pronounce MySQLi?
| From: | Paul M Foster | Date: | Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:51:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Pronounce MySQLi? | ||
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 05:19:03PM +0000, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
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> I pronounce it as the letters, one-by-one. All this "sequel" business never made
> sense to me
SEQUEL was its original name until shortened to SQL (to avoid possible
trademark infringement). And the acronym could be pronounced "sequel"
instead of speaking each letter: "S-Q-L". Developed and named by IBM in
the 70s.
Paul
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