Originally published at: SQL 50th Anniversary – Xojo Programming Blog
SQL is 50 years old! It was first introduced in a 1974 paper titled “SEQUEL: A STRUCTURED ENGLISH QUERY LANGUAGE” by Donald Chamberlin and Raymond Boyce who were part of the IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose California. This paper probably explains the biggest issue regarding SQL that persists to this day: its pronunciation. I…
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