postgresql -- what's in a name?

i'm guessing there was a GRE project first, and that the
successor was POSTgre (involving sql, of course). if so, what's
the GRE stand for?

otherwise in general, what's the origin of the name
"postgresql"? (and why does it seem like it should be
pronounced "pissquel"?)

--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #77 from USM Bish <bish@nde.vsnl.net.in>
:
Oh No ! I have DELETED MY /TMP BY MISTAKE. How do I recreate
it? Here's your goal:
    drwxrwxrwt  8 root  root   2048 Jan  7 13:34 /tmp
Notice the permisions! As root, do these:
    # cd /
    # mkdir tmp
    # chmod 1777 tmp
    # chown root.root tmp
That's all there is to it.

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