From: | Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, marcelo zen <mzen(at)itapua(dot)com(dot)uy>, Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas(at)visena(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Just for fun: Postgres 20? |
Date: | 2020-02-15 01:03:13 |
Message-ID: | CAH2-WznmjW0gpn_2wiUqb09OhFLh1a2SzYcvP+bXhh3JADKdDQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 4:19 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Not sure how serious Andrew is being here, but it does open up an
> important point: there are varying opinions on which numbers are unlucky.
> The idea that 13 is unlucky is Western, and maybe even only common in
> English-speaking countries.
I would wager that this superstition is the main reason why Oracle 12c
was followed by Oracle 18c rather than Oracle 13c. I have no evidence
for this -- I take it on faith.
I feel that I should take the proposal seriously for at least a
moment. The proposal doesn't affect anybody who isn't into numerology.
At the same time, it makes the superstitious people happy (leaving
aside the icosaphobes). Airlines do this with row numbers -- what's
the harm?
There is a real downside to this, though. It is a bad idea, even on
its own terms. If we take the idea seriously, then it has every chance
of being noticed and becoming a big distraction in all sorts of ways.
That might happen anyway, but I think it's less likely this way.
ISTM that the smart thing to do is to ignore it completely. Don't even
try to preempt a silly headline written by some tech journalist
wiseacre.
--
Peter Geoghegan
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