15 Jul
2009
15 Jul
'09
2:28 p.m.
On Jul 15, 2009, at 5:20 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
*BARF* If I hear that ONE MORE TIME..
Perhaps the successor to SQL should be something like Advanced
Relational Structured Expressions.
... so at least you could ask "who knows anything about MyARSE?" or
say "we need to hire an expert on MyARSE!" etc. That should take care
of pronunciation-of-acronym problems.
Hilarity ensues.
Priceless!
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Lots of
acronymitis back then. Still a lot now, but users have had
more time to absorb some of it.
At least folk don't try to turn it back into a word, like they
insist on
doing with some acronyms (e.g. "sequel", ugh).