Re: TOAST versus toast

Jan Wieck <jan@wi3ck.info>

From: Jan Wieck <jan@wi3ck.info>

To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org

Date: 2025-03-17T15:27:33Z

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On 3/17/25 00:24, Tom Lane wrote:
> Note the lack of any upper case.  Shortly later we reverse-engineered
> an acronym for it [2], with the winner being Tom Lockhart's
> 
>      The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique

Which made it into an acronym. Acronyms are typically capitalized to 
distinguish them from ordinary words.

Best Regards, Jan