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Re: The Internals of PostgreSQL

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Post by skotobaza » Wed, Mar 05, 2025, 6:41 PM UTC

rrr_oh_man wrote: post #36

skotobaza wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How would you rephrase it? I'm also a non-native English speaker, and the bit you provided sounds very easy to understand because of how it's phrased. There are minor redundancies, but that's all I noticed...

> How would you rephrase it? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43254469 > I'm also a non-native English speaker, and the bit you provided sounds very easy to understand because of how it's phrased. Thanks for your point. It felt to me like reading overly verbose code. Not wrong, but not effective.

Thanks! Your edit is good, more concise in the first half, and even easier to understand in the second half, compared to original.

Re: The Internals of PostgreSQL

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Post by rrr_oh_man » Thu, Mar 06, 2025, 9:56 AM UTC

tasuki wrote: post #7

rrr_oh_man wrote: post #5

> Transaction logs are an essential part of databases because they ensure that no data is lost even when a system failure occurs. They are a history log of all changes and actions in a database system. This ensures that no data is lost due to failures, such as a power failure or a server crash. The log contains sufficient information about each transaction that has already been executed, so the database server can re…

The author is Japanese, cut them some slack.

Thanks for pointing this out. I probably should have, being a non-native speaker myself.

Though, the core of my issue with this is not the language itself, but how the paragraphs are structured. Imho you might cut 50% of words and not lose any information.

See here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43254469

Re: The Internals of PostgreSQL

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Post by rrr_oh_man » Thu, Mar 06, 2025, 9:59 AM UTC

xnickb wrote: post #8

tasuki wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The author is Japanese, cut them some slack.

Or better yet, offer help

In what way?

First thought: If a sports team is not playing well, do you mail in coaching advice?

I elaborated a bit here, though: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43254469