Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly - Mailing list pgsql-general

From suga@netbsd.com.br
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In response to I am being interviewed by OReilly  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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> That's obvious. Since QL means "query language," "Postgres QL" would
> refer to the old, QUEL-derived query language that Postgres used before
> it was ripped out and replaced with SQL, right?
>
> "Postgres" is simple, people use it anyway, and everybody now knows that
> Postgres uses SQL instead of its own query language now, so I think it
> would be a very good to just switch back to to that. With the demise of
> Great Bridge, we even have the postgres.org domain name free for this
> now.


    So obvious for us, so enigmatic for non-technical people. Also,
"PostgresQL" could very well be understood as "another kind of SQL", as
people could read "Postgres Query Language". I agree that "Postgres" is a
better approach for what is desired. I still would like to know if this is
really under discussion, I mean, if such change would be possible someday.

    []'s
    Ricardo.





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