Stewart Smith wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 07:26:44PM -0400, Jim Starkey wrote:>
>> Nimbus/Netfrastructure triggers, stored procedures, user defined types  
>> (if/when I get to them), and aggregating interfaces are Java.  All run  
>> in a sandbox, and all run in the same sandbox.  None has database access  
>> rights beyond those of the user who instantiated them.  None have access  
>> to server internals or other connections.  No malformed extension can  
>> even be loaded.  And, wonder of wonders, they can be replicated around a  
>> network of servers using the same mechanisms as data replication.  One  
>> mechanism, computationally sufficient, and secure.
> 
> I think it has huge merit. We have a (crappy) kinda thing for this in
> NDB today (which we've casually talked about replacing with something
> sensible, although the realtime requirements do make it a bit more
> fun/challenging).
> 
> I think we should certainly have the option - and monty and i have
> discussed wrapping all sorts of bits in swig so that you could create
> plugins that do all sorts of things in a managed language (and ship them
> around).

HELL YES.

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