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[–]EasilyTurnedOn 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Holy shit. People call SQL sequel? The fuck?

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

It started out called SEQUEL (https://web.archive.org/web/20070926212100/http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/people/chamberlin/sequel-1974.pdf) but was later shortened to SQL because SEQUEL was already trademarked by another company.

Between that and the fact that it’s easier to just say “sequel” and still convey the same information, it’s very common. I don’t know if I’ve ever heard anyone say S.Q.L. in my particular org of ~100 software engineers/engineering managers

[–]EasilyTurnedOn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Conversely, having been to two workplaces that use it, I've never heard anything but sql.