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From Jonah H. Harris
Subject Re: modularity of PostgreSQL
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In response to Re: modularity of PostgreSQL  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: modularity of PostgreSQL  ("Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com>)
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On Jan 17, 2008 6:46 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Uh, does anyone authoritative describe it that way?  I think we can
> legitimately claim that Postgres is pretty extensible, but as for
> modularity I'm not sure that it's got any great claim to fame.
> To me modularity connotes an emphasis on dividing the system into
> pieces separated by carefully-defined, small-footprint interfaces,
> and we have not done spectacularly well on that score.

Agreed.  Postges is extensible, not modular.


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