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>(and ANSI) standard for the language.
Which BTW is another acronym :-
)
>Several products have names that include "SQL" and say that the
>letters stand for something, usually "Structured Query Language"
>
(sometimes "Standard Query Language").
>When people insist to me that
it must be an acronym, I tell them
>(inspired by GNU) that it stands
for "SQL Query Language", which is
>IMHO an acronym and not an
abbreviation.
So being picky the former could be considered a
retconned acronym while the latter is a recursive one.
Well this
thread is quite fun, and is underlining the fundamental role of
acronyms and abbreviations in IT and standards.
Fede
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