1.4.1. History of MySQL  MySQL的历史

            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 allow third-party code that was written for use with mSQL to be ported easily for use with MySQL.

            我们使用MSQL数据库系统的目的是为了使用我们快速低水平（ISAM）程序连接到我们的表中。然而，经过了很多次的测试，我们得出结论Msql从速度和灵活性都不能足够的满足我们的需要。这就导致了我们数据库新的SQL界面的产生，而不是作为Msql等同API的界面。API允许第三方代码书写为mSQL的使用为更容易的使用MySQL.

            The derivation of the name MySQL is not clear. Our base directory and a large number of our libraries and tools have had the prefix “my” for well over 10 years. However, co-founder Monty Widenius's daughter is also named My. Which of the two gave its name to MySQL is still a mystery, even for us.

            MySQL名字的来由并不很清新。我们底层名录和图书馆大量的数字和工具已经用了前缀“my”多达10年之久。但是创立者Monty Widenius的女儿名字也叫My.,这两个说法至今对命名MySQL仍旧是个迷团。

            The name of the MySQL Dolphin (our logo) is “Sakila,” which was chosen by the founders of MySQL AB 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 Swaziland, Africa. According to Ambrose, the feminine name Sakila has its roots in SiSwati, the local language of Swaziland. Sakila is also the name of a town in Arusha, Tanzania, near Ambrose's country of origin, Uganda.

            MySQL 的海豚名字（我们的标识）是“Sakila,”，被MySQL AB的建立者从一大堆的“给海豚命名”活动中投稿的名单中选重的。中标的名字由Ambrose Twebaze，一位来自非洲的斯威士兰的开放源软件开发者提交的，根据安布罗斯，阴性名字Sakila 在SiSwati中（斯威士兰地的一种地方语言）有它的根源。Sakila也是Arusha里的一个城市名称，位于坦桑尼亚，在安布罗斯国家的起源附近（位于乌干达）。

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