On 9/5/07, Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com> wrote:
> Indeed - but "ps" seems like the most logical short form of PostgreSQL.
> Or when pronounced out loud "Postgres Q L", "pq" would be. Perhaps
> that's where libpq came from?
Actually, libpq is a throwback to Ingres.
Ingres has libq (otherwise known as the EQUEL runtime library) and
Postgres got libpq (the Postgres front-end library).
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