[Minor] Improve reading in "2. A Brief History of PostgreSQL"

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 This largely superseded the old monitor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 This largely superseded the old monitor program for its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

On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 5:18 AM Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
wrote:

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 This largely superseded the old monitor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 This largely superseded the old monitor program for its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?

the old monitor program - which I assume from the text that it's what it
was used before for interactive SQL queries