On 2 Aug 2009, at 23:11, Noah Slater wrote:
Hey,
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 12:03:19PM +1000, Nicholas Orr wrote:
I'd suggest removing the word "but" and make it "and":
Good point.
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 10:24:34PM -0500, Curt Arnold wrote:
The intention of the sentence is that potential users should not be
discouraged from using CouchDB due to its implementation language.
Using "and" loses that sense.
I don't think so, see below.
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 06:21:51AM -0400, Robert Dionne wrote:
seems to me like Erlang is a selling point for some folks. The
sentence
reads as if the project is apologizing for it's use of Erlang. The
key
point is the use of HTTP so perhaps the mention in that sentence of
Erlang ought to be dropped entirely:
Good point.
As the API is REST-ful any client environment that supports HTTP can
access a CouchDB database. The database engine is implemented in
Erlang,
a highly robust scalable functional programming language ideal for
building distributed systems. The use of Erlang has made for a
simple yet
flexible design that is readily extensible and easily integrates with
other server processes.
Okay, I've reworked some of this. Thanks.
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 08:55:15PM +0200, Jan Lehnardt wrote:
that'd make the list JS and Erlang, still not "any other language" :)
I just want to be careful what we announce as being supported.
Some people reported unhappiness that we have lucene on the
architecture diagram post-it.
Hmm, but I still think we should mention the possibility.
CouchDB has a lot of features that are not in that list. I don't think
non-JS view server language implementations are "A-list" features.
Besides, the current statement is too easy to falsify. We'd need to
define "any pluggable language" as "every language anyone wrote
a complete query server implementation" which can be seen as
a far stretch (of which only the JS and Erlang server pass all
specs).
I'm just trying to not end up with false claims people will use against
us or CouchDB. I appreciate the work and attention to detail you are
(as usual) putting into this.
Cheers
Jan
--
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 01:29:40PM +1000, Mark Hammond wrote:
and is queryable and indexable using a table-oriented JavaScript view
engine. A pluggable view engine architecture is used so third
parties
are able to provide alternative language implementations.
Okay, I've reworked some of this. Thanks.
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:20:01AM +0200, Jan Lehnardt wrote:
I think we want to get rid of "table oriented", too. no?
Yes.
Okay, how about the following replacement:
Apache CouchDB is a document-oriented database with incremental
replication
with bi-directional conflict resolution that can be queried and
indexed in
a MapReduce style using JavaScript, or any other pluggable language.
CouchDB provides a RESTful JSON API than can be accessed from any
environment
that allows HTTP requests. There are myriad third-party client
libraries that
make this even easier from your programming language of choice.
CouchDB is written in Erlang, a robust functional programming
language ideal
for building concurrent distributed systems. Erlang allows for a
flexible
design that is easily scalable and readily extensible.
Thanks,
--
Noah Slater, http://tumbolia.org/nslater
