On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Speaking of language choice, no one said that _all_ the source code would >> need to be rewritten. It would be nice, for example, if PostgreSQL rewrote >> the current GUC system with a glue language like Lua (which is also very >> C-like). > > No it wouldn't. All it would mean is that you'd need developers fluent in > both languages.
Having done quite a bit of internals work with SAP DB (which is an amalgamation of C, C++, and Pascal), I completely agree. The entire system, if possible, should be in a single language. -- Jonah H. Harris, Senior DBA myYearbook.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
