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welfare
2237 days ago
MySQL is actually of Swedish origin.
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cfinnberg
2236 days ago
Well, at least Michael Widenius, the most visible head of MySQL and one of two cofounders, is finnish. He also created the MySQL's fork MariaDB. Both names came from Michael's daughters My and Maria.
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marvin
2236 days ago
And if you want a less glamorous tidbit to add to that list, OOP originated in Norway with the SIMULA language in the 60s.
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