Re: modularity of PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jonah H. Harris
Subject Re: modularity of PostgreSQL
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In response to Re: modularity of PostgreSQL  ("Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com>)
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On Jan 18, 2008 8:09 AM, Jonah H. Harris <jonah.harris@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

s/ges/gres/g

no coffee yet :(

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