Re: What does tcop stand for?

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: daniel(dot)westermann(at)dbi-services(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What does tcop stand for?
Date: 2017-12-21 11:45:59
Message-ID: 20171221114559.jtfp2t4sc4br2j4y@alvherre.pgsql
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Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
> >>> currently browsing the source code in src/include/tcop. What does tcop stand for? Can not find any hints in the files.
> >
> >>Traffic cop.
> >
> > Thanks
> > cop mean?
>
> A cop means a policeman. Probably the name came from that it is
> responsible for the traffic control between frontend and backend.

Traffic control between utility commands and stuff that goes to the
optimizer is how I understand it.

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Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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