A new take on the foot-gun meme - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject A new take on the foot-gun meme
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Msg-id 11840.1214801823@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Responses Re: A new take on the foot-gun meme  (Andrew Sullivan <ajs@commandprompt.com>)
Re: A new take on the foot-gun meme  (Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>)
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[ after recovering from choking... ]

Tom "spot" Callaway presents a vivid new image in this line:

> What you're doing is analogous to using a loaded shotgun as a golf club,
> and what you're suggesting is that we take the safety off, because it
> interferes with your golf game.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-June/msg01501.html

So is that a "golf club gun"?
        regards, tom lane


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