Re: What type of Compiler to SQL? Memory-Image (Load-and-Go) Format?

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Wen Yi <chuxuec(at)outlook(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: What type of Compiler to SQL? Memory-Image (Load-and-Go) Format?
Date: 2023-05-05 01:43:53
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On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 6:00 PM Wen Yi <chuxuec(at)outlook(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi team,
> I am a newbie to the postgres.
> When I am studying the compiler,the text book tell me there is there type
> of compiler.
>
> 1. Assembly Language Format
> 2. Relocatable Binary Format
> 3. Memory-Image (Load-and-Go) Format
>
>
>
IIUC (I haven't formally studied compilers), none of the above, or, rather,
not applicable.

I can conjure up an analogy that says the assembly language artifact has a
similar relationship to the operating system kernel as the compiled plan
has to the database executor.

David J.

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