Re: [Minor] Improve reading in "2. A Brief History of PostgreSQL"

On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 5:18 AM Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
wrote:

> On Thu, 2026-09-24 at 21:05 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/history.html
> >
> > Where it says "A new program (psql) was provided for interactive SQL
> > queries, which used GNU Readline. This largely superseded the old monitor
> > program."
> > a "for its purpose" should be added for improving reading:
> > "A new program (psql) was provided for interactive SQL queries, which
> used
> > GNU Readline. This largely superseded the old monitor program for its
> > purpose."
>
> Sorry, but I think your proposed change makes the sentence worse:
>
> - "its": whose?
>

the old monitor program - which I assume from the text that it's what it
was used before for interactive SQL queries

>
> - you don't supersede "for" something
>
> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe
>