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submitted 2 weeks ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] silentjohn@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Why? It originated as literally SEQUEL (Structured English Query Language). It only changed because of a trademark conflict.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

That guy REALLY likes trademarks, apparently

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Its ok.

Let the script kiddies squeal and squirrel about.

The elder ones ... they were there when the code was written.

[–] zemo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

My native language is not English and saying "sequel" in this language is extremely forced and just not the norm. This bleeds over into English for me.