Re: PostgreSQL vs Firebird feature comparison finished

From: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL vs Firebird feature comparison finished
Date: 2007-08-24 22:14:23
Message-ID: fanl80$c3q$1@sea.gmane.org
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Alexander Staubo wrote on 24.08.2007 23:49:
>>> So actually the remark shouldn't be that "the multi-threaded
>>> architecture is only advantageous on Windows", but more like "the
>>> multi-process architecture is disadvantageous on Windows and hence a
>>> multi-threaded architecture is preferred (on that particular OS)".
>> Yeah - but I'm not sure thats necessarily something that should have a
>> place on a bullet point comparison.
>
> You solve it by letting the category be labeled "Process/thread
> architecture", and letting the columns say "Thread-based" for Firebird
> and "Process-based" for PostgreSQL respectively.

To my understanding Firebird offers a choice between thread-based (Superserver)
and process-based (Classic) at least on the Windows platform.

Thomas

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