Unlike say MSSQL or Oracle PG does not cache plans at all. I think this is mostly due to its multiprocess architecture vs just sharing in memory plans between threads. In MSSQL a plan can take a while to optimize including jitting if needed but it doesn't matter that much because all plans are cached so when that statement comes in again the plan is ready to go.
> I think this is mostly due to its multiprocess architecture vs just sharing in memory plans between threads
You can share stuff with a multiprocess architecture just fine (either through IPC or just plain shared memory + synchronization)
It's true that threads share memory by default, but processes can opt into sharing memory if they wish. And it appears that Postgres already makes use of shared memory for some things
PG shares data between process not code as far as I know and definetly not any plans. Sharing jitted code is not straight forward as pointers will be different per process.
Only within a session unless something has changed there, that means no sharing between clients or even from one connection to the next form the same client.
MSSQL caches plans globally and can be used across sessions and connections if the statement text is the same.
