cocobean@sh.itjust.works to Programming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoSome people pronounce SQL as "sequel", and some as "squeal"message-squaremessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareSome people pronounce SQL as "sequel", and some as "squeal"cocobean@sh.itjust.works to Programming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekhendron@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoI’ve always pronounced it “sequel”, but ever since I attended a talk by the authors of PHP and MySQL Web Programming, and they pronounced it Ess-Cue-Ell I’ve been second guessing myself.
minus-squareeddythompson@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoWhat I remember attending a PHP event in ~2009 was one of the old veterans there saying: Only Microsoft folks say “Sequel Server”, we say “My S Q L”
minus-squareFalse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoI always pronounced it as ess-cue-ell but gave up on it when everyone in professional environments said “sequel”.
I’ve always pronounced it “sequel”, but ever since I attended a talk by the authors of PHP and MySQL Web Programming, and they pronounced it Ess-Cue-Ell I’ve been second guessing myself.
What I remember attending a PHP event in ~2009 was one of the old veterans there saying:
I always pronounced it as ess-cue-ell but gave up on it when everyone in professional environments said “sequel”.