On 2022-Oct-21, Tom Lane wrote: > "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 4:52 PM Ravi Krishna <s_ravikrishna@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> on a diff note, is the word memoize inspired from Perl Module memoize > >> which use to do the same thing. > > > It is a general functional programming concept - not sure on the history > > but probably academic and thus Perl and others picked it up "from the > > source". > > Looks to me like you suggested our use of the terminology: > > https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAKFQuwZQmCNyS_Vv2Jf3TNe7wRTiptWNs7xkgU%3DAEdqthkQe9A%40mail.gmail.com#bbcd739c97e28b17ef2e111be8cf214b The word itself has been used in the PG lists before. For example, Greg Stark used it in 2008 when discussing WITH RECURSIVE https://postgr.es/m/47C151F1.8050100@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx There are a few other hits over the years. -- Álvaro Herrera PostgreSQL Developer — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/ "Digital and video cameras have this adjustment and film cameras don't for the same reason dogs and cats lick themselves: because they can." (Ken Rockwell)
