Re: Jargon and acronyms on this mailing list

From: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org>
To: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Jargon and acronyms on this mailing list
Date: 2024-09-02 11:06:18
Message-ID: 875xreco2d.fsf@wibble.ilmari.org
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Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:

> I normally wouldn't mention my blog entries here, but this one was about
> the hackers mailing list, so wanted to let people know about it in case you
> don't follow Planet Postgres. I scanned the last year's worth of posts and
> gathered the most used acronyms and jargon. The most commonly used acronym
> was IMO (in my opinion), followed by FWIW (for what it's worth), and IIUC
> (if I understand correctly). The complete list can be found in the post
> below, I'll refrain from copying everything here.
>
> https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/understanding-the-postgres-hackers-mailing-list

Nice write-up! Might it also be worth linking to the acronyms and
glossary sections of the docs?

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/acronyms.html
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/glossary.html

> Cheers,
> Greg

- ilmari

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