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dennis (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 45 points 6 months ago (5 children)

The original product was called SEQUEL. Structured English QUEry Language. They got sued over the name by a company named Sequel, so changed it to SQL but kept calling it sequel, as do we all.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Except me who call it Es-Queue-El as language intended.

    /Old mans rant off

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I call it like that since I'm from SA and I learnt it in english so it was taught to me as an acronym. When learning English I just translated the acronym. Learning the original name is a TIL for me but I'm still calling it like I did fuck it.

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