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Unfortunate name, given that GraphQL already exists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_Query_Language



You say "GraphQL" but link to "Graph Query Language (GQL)."

Those are two entirely separate things.

EDIT: And neither of these should be confused with "Graph Query Language (GSQL)" by TigerGraph: https://www.tigergraph.com/gsql/


my mistake points out just how bad a name gql is!


I've always seen it written as GraphQL, rather than GQL, though that wikipedia page indeed calls it GQL multiple times.


Because that one is apparently unrelated to GraphQL. Horrible naming.


Also an ISO track thing https://www.gqlstandards.org/


I guess it's not the only unfortunate name considering your link begins with the words "Not to be confused with GraphQL".




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