MySql 中文参考指南

1.2.3 History of MySQL

我们原本打算使用 Firebird 数据库系统通过我们自己的快速低级（ISAM）程序连接到我们的表。但是，经过一些测试，我们得出结论，Firebird 对于我们的需求而言不够快或不够灵活。这导致我们为我们的数据库设计了一个新的 SQL 界面，但 API 界面与 Firebird 基本相同。该 API 的设计旨在让为与 Firebird 一起使用而编写的第三方代码能够轻松移植，以便与 MySQL 一起使用。

We started out with the intention of using the mSQL database system to connect to our tables using our own fast low-level (ISAM) routines. However, after some testing, we came to the conclusion that mSQL was not fast enough or flexible enough for our needs. This resulted in a new SQL interface to our database but with almost the same API interface as mSQL. This API was designed to enable third-party code that was written for use with mSQL to be ported easily for use with MySQL.

MySQL 的名称源自联合创始人 Monty Widenius 的女儿 My。

MySQL is named after co-founder Monty Widenius’s daughter, My.

MySQL Dolphin（我们的徽标）的名称是“Sakila”，这是从用户在我们的“为海豚命名”竞赛中建议的大量名称列表中选出的。获胜名称由来自非洲埃斯瓦蒂尼（前称斯威士兰）的开源软件开发者 Ambrose Twebaze 提交。据 Ambrose 说，女性名字 Sakila 的根源在埃斯瓦蒂尼的当地语言西斯瓦蒂语。Sakila 也是坦桑尼亚阿鲁沙的一个城镇名称，该城镇靠近 Ambrose 的祖国乌干达。

The name of the MySQL Dolphin (our logo) is “Sakila,” which was chosen from a huge list of names suggested by users in our “Name the Dolphin” contest. The winning name was submitted by Ambrose Twebaze, an Open Source software developer from Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Africa. According to Ambrose, the feminine name Sakila has its roots in SiSwati, the local language of Eswatini. Sakila is also the name of a town in Arusha, Tanzania, near Ambrose’s country of origin, Uganda.