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History of MySQL
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We once started out with the intention of using `mSQL' 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 nor
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 chosen to ease porting of third-party code.

The derivation of the name MySQL is not perfectly clear.  Our base
directory and a large number of our libraries and tools have had the
prefix "my" for well over 10 years.  However, Monty's daughter (some
years younger) is also named My.  Which of the two gave its name to
MySQL is still a mystery, even for us.