On 25/05/2012 02:21, Bruce Momjian wrote: > 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 > Good to know all this... it might be worth adding it to the website or the wiki for the benefit of us blow-ins. :-) Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland rod@xxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
