From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: matematica.a3k@gmail.com
To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [Minor] Improve reading in "2. A Brief History of PostgreSQL"
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:18:47 +0200
Message-ID: <72a30854609e23a8065e153ed3ba836604b326c3.camel@cybertec.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <179028395014.1026195.17717205059451840094@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
References: <179028395014.1026195.17717205059451840094@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
On Thu, 2026-09-24 at 21:05 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/history.html
>
> Where it says "A new program (psql) was provided for interactive SQL
> queries, which used GNU Readline. This largely superseded the old monitor
> program."
> a "for its purpose" should be added for improving reading:
> "A new program (psql) was provided for interactive SQL queries, which used
> GNU Readline. This largely superseded the old monitor program for its
> purpose."
Sorry, but I think your proposed change makes the sentence worse:
- "its": whose?
- you don't supersede "for" something
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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