| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com> |
| Cc: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, "Ansley, Michael" <Michael(dot)Ansley(at)intec(dot)co(dot)za>, "'PostgreSQL-development '" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Inprise/Borland releasing Interbase as Open source |
| Date: | 2000-01-04 23:48:28 |
| Message-ID: | 200001042348.SAA00542@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Apparently they were formed out of DEC in 1985, with the notion of
> doing a "multi-generational" model from the beginning.
>
> I don't know enough Postgres history to answer. Obviously, MVCC
> is new but the way that tuples are stored, which made MVCC fairly
> simple to implement (for Vadim, at least!), has been part of
> Postgres from the beginning.
>
> And, again, my information on Interbase comes from a VERY quick
> read of docs and a white paper found on their site, take my
> quick-hit analysis with a grain of salt, please!
Yes, MVCC was natural for us.
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