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PostgreSQL is like Emacs. It's an operating system disguised as something else.
by whalesalad 9mo ago
PostgreSQL is like Emacs. It's an operating system disguised as something else.
- mistrial9 9mo agothe way PG was originally implemented does have some overlap with operating systems design IMHO.. PG internals define and use PG tables in internal schema to implement core architectural features. The PG code that bootstraps the PG environment is minimal in important ways.
- jefurii 9mo agoI've heard Postgres described as a "database framework".