On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:08:03AM +0100, Raymond O'Donnell wrote: > On 15/05/2012 22:50, Scott Briggs wrote: > > So this is purely anecdotal but I'm curious, what's with all the > > different naming conventions? There's psql (for database > > connections), pgsql (used for some dirs like /usr/pgsql-9.1 and this > > mailing list), postgres (user and other references), and postgresql > > (startup scripts). Uh, the original Berkeley project name was postgres, pgsql is used as a short-hand for PostgreSQL, and psql is short for 'PostgreSQL SQL Monitor'. > ... and don't forget (maybe oddest of all) libpq! :-) libpq originally supported Postgres QUEL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUEL_query_languages -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
