On 2024-Jul-04, Tom Lane wrote: > "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> writes: > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 8:46 PM Steve Lau <stevel...@outlook.com> wrote: > >> While reading the source code, I noticed comments like "-cim 9/10/89". > > > It's the initials of the person who, back in 1989, wrote the preceding > > comments > > Right. > > > PostgreSQL inherited the code which is when our git history begins. This > > comment was part of the original source. > > We lack any source-code-control history before 1996, so there's no > way to be sure who wrote that, unless you can identify some Berkeley > Postgres person with those initials.
Actually, somebody (thanks, Stas) set up a Github repo of the old history here: https://github.com/kelvich/postgres_pre95 There you can find commits like this https://github.com/kelvich/postgres_pre95/commit/0bf22e7dbb09b68b6e4c34dccc1440ebe98f8049 where tons of "- cim" comments were introduced. Unix account name was "cimarron". You can go on from there if you want, but why? -- Álvaro Herrera Breisgau, Deutschland — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/ "But static content is just dynamic content that isn't moving!" http://smylers.hates-software.com/2007/08/15/fe244d0c.html
