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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:28:40 +0200
From: Theo Kramer <theo@flame.co.za>
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Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> Underscores in program names suck. To paraphrase Ali, "no opinion,
> just fact" ;)
> 
> If we are going to rename programs wholesale, let's do it for release
> 7.0, and if we must have "pg" in front of everything, then do it as,
> e.g. "pgcreateuser". We could rename "pg_dump" as "pgdump" at the same
> time.

I agree regarding the underscore. I do think that changing the names
sooner would create less hassle in the long run. Especially now when
more and more folk are starting to use postgres.

> btw, is it only me or do other people refer to this as "pig dump"?

grunt :-)
 
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Theo