From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-03-22T00:47:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Object/Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Science

Ok, I read it. But never call wikipedia fact-checking!

On Mar 22, 2007, at 12:37 AM, Kyle Schmitt wrote:

> I hate to say this, but 10 seconds of fact checking says shenanigans.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sql
> Summary,
> It wasn't some toy language, it was a research paper by a Dr Codd
> working for IBM.
> In the 70s IBM made a relational database system and based the
> language off of Dr Codd's paper, the language was called "Structured
> English Query Language", later shortened for copyright/trademark
> reasons :)
>
> Read the article for the rest.
>
> --Kyle
>