Re: nomenclature

From: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)myrealbox(dot)com>, Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql(at)empires(dot)org>, Lee Kindness <lkindness(at)csl(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: nomenclature
Date: 2004-01-16 17:41:35
Message-ID: 871xpzx034.fsf@mailbox.samurai.com
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"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)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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