| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Joel Burton <jburton(at)scw(dot)org>, kislo(at)athenium(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Unanswered questions about Postgre |
| Date: | 2000-12-09 23:21:08 |
| Message-ID: | 200012092321.SAA01882@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Joel Burton writes:
>
> > What's nice about PostgreSQL is that, while it hasn't always had
> > every SQL92 feature (like outer joins, etc.), it seems to have less
> > legacy, nonstandard stuff wired in. :-)
>
> Oh man, you have noooo idea. PostgreSQL is legacy headquarters. ;-)
I had a good laugh on this one. Yes, we are legacy headquarters
sometimes, but we don't hesitate to rip things out to improve them.
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