Re: Unanswered questions about Postgre

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Joel Burton <jburton@scw.org>, kislo@athenium.com, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-12-09T23:21:08Z
Lists: pgsql-general
> Joel Burton writes:
> 
> > What's nice about PostgreSQL is that, while it hasn't always had
> > every SQL92 feature (like outer joins, etc.), it seems to have less
> > legacy, nonstandard stuff wired in. :-)
> 
> Oh man, you have noooo idea.  PostgreSQL is legacy headquarters.  ;-)

I had a good laugh on this one.  Yes, we are legacy headquarters
sometimes, but we don't hesitate to rip things out to improve them.

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