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		snidane on May 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SEQUEL: A Structured English Query Language (1974) Does anybody know what is the relation between SQL as SEQUEL and then the competing language QUEL from Ingres db? It always looked to me as if somebody back then in the database wars tried to word play on each other, one way or another. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUEL_query_languages

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