Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly - Mailing list pgsql-general

    Maybe not so obvious when people start asking what this "QL"
means. ;-)

    []'s
    Ricardo.


On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Tom Lane wrote:

> > I think the problem is that PostgreSQL is both a name and an acronym,
> > mixed into single word.  Postgres is a name, SQL is an acronym,
> > PostgreSQL is both.  That is where people get confused.
>
> The problem is that the typography makes it look like the split should
> be "Postgre / SQL".  I can see exactly why people think the name portion
> is "Postgre" --- it's not at all apparent that the "S" is part of both
> parts of the word, until you've been told.
>
> Had we capitalized the name like "PostgresQL" maybe the correct
> pronunciation would be more obvious.
>
>             regards, tom lane