Re: nomenclature - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Neil Conway
Subject Re: nomenclature
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Msg-id 871xpzx034.fsf@mailbox.samurai.com
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In response to Re: nomenclature  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
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"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org> writes:
> if you think about it, the "postmaster" is actually aptly named,
> since it is the process that sorts out the incoming connections and
> assigns them to backend processes ...  just like the postmaster does
> with your mail ...

Right, hence the witty pun :-)

IMHO this whole debate is largely academic: it really wouldn't be
practical to start renaming components at this point, whether they are
perfectly named or not.

-Neil



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