Re: "they only drink coffee at dec"

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From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: "they only drink coffee at dec"
Date: 2005-03-18 08:01:03
Message-ID: 20050318080103.GA46063@winnie.fuhr.org
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>From src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:

appendStringInfo(&str,
"!\t%ld/%ld [%ld/%ld] filesystem blocks in/out\n",
r.ru_inblock - Save_r.ru_inblock,
/* they only drink coffee at dec */
r.ru_oublock - Save_r.ru_oublock,
r.ru_inblock, r.ru_oublock);

Been there as far back as CVS goes. Will I find other goodies by
poking around? :-)

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From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "they only drink coffee at dec"
Date: 2005-03-18 15:13:02
Message-ID: 6601.1111158782@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> writes:
> From src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:
> /* they only drink coffee at dec */

I never did figure out what that meant. Anyone know?

> Been there as far back as CVS goes. Will I find other goodies by
> poking around? :-)

There's a few jokes ... not that many ...

regards, tom lane

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] "they only drink coffee at dec"
Date: 2005-03-18 15:56:36
Message-ID: 20050318115537.A954@ganymede.hub.org
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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Tom Lane wrote:

> Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> writes:
>> From src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:
>> /* they only drink coffee at dec */
>
> I never did figure out what that meant. Anyone know?
>
>> Been there as far back as CVS goes. Will I find other goodies by
>> poking around? :-)
>
> There's a few jokes ... not that many ...

Be almost cute to add a section to the web site that links to cvsweb to
point out these ... making sure to link to the "oldest version in cvs that
contains it" ...

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "they only drink coffee at dec"
Date: 2005-03-18 18:01:28
Message-ID: 200503181801.j2II1Sp18720@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> writes:
> > From src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:
> > /* they only drink coffee at dec */
>
> I never did figure out what that meant. Anyone know?
>
> > Been there as far back as CVS goes. Will I find other goodies by
> > poking around? :-)
>
> There's a few jokes ... not that many ...

And, of course, my favorite, which is now gone because we fixed it (*snif*):

_bt_getstackbuf: my bits moved right off the end of the world!

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From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "they only drink coffee at dec"
Date: 2005-03-23 06:13:31
Message-ID: 4241090B.6010308@familyhealth.com.au
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>>From src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:
>
> appendStringInfo(&str,
> "!\t%ld/%ld [%ld/%ld] filesystem blocks in/out\n",
> r.ru_inblock - Save_r.ru_inblock,
> /* they only drink coffee at dec */
> r.ru_oublock - Save_r.ru_oublock,
> r.ru_inblock, r.ru_oublock);
>
> Been there as far back as CVS goes. Will I find other goodies by
> poking around? :-)

#define COPYBUFSIZ 8192 /* size doesn't matter */

Is vaguely amusing :P

Chris