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fun fact: the `ite` ending in SQLite is a reference to the `ite` ending in minerals (granite, magnetite, pyrite, bauxite...) so it is not a lightweight SQL but rather a rock-stable SQL



I don't care if this is canon or not, I like it enough that this is mine now and I'm using it


you're going to mine some sqlite?


So have we all been saying it with the wrong emphasis?

Sequelite vs Sequel-lite

How does creator pronounce it in podcast?


He pronounces it "ess-que-el ite".


Brevity usually wins, and I'll go with "sclite". Ungainly, but so is (say) "sclerotic".


Aight




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