Merlin Moncure wrote:
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote:
Kiswono Prayogo wrote:
plv8js is a procedural language add-on for PostgreSQL, which means you
can define Javascript functions that run inside a PostgreSQL server
using google V8 Engine.

anyone who want to contribute in plv8js please visit this group ^^
http://code.google.com/p/plv8js/
i'm still new in postgresql and v8, need MASSIVELY LOT of study and
help ^^, thank you..
Well, I see you are apparently ignoring the advice we already gave you that
V8 is not likely to be the best fit for a PostgreSQL JS procedural language,
so that's not a good start.

that's a little harsh...he was mostly given some vague advice
("spidermonkey might be better...").  Maybe it isn't the best, but
that doesn't mean it's not worth trying!




Very well, if I was harsh I apologise, but maybe you should look at the embedding guide here <http://code.google.com/apis/v8/embed.html> and decide how well it is likely to work for PostgreSQL in pure C. The advice was not just "spidermonkey might be better". It was that a C++ oriented API like this (throwing exceptions among other things) was not likely to work, or at least to work as well as a pure C API.

And, frankly, pure PL speed in a language like JS, that is likely to be used mainly as glue, is not likely to be a concern for most uses.

If someone is going to work on a JS engine for PostgreSQL (which I think is a good idea, actually) I want them to work on one that is likely to succeed.

cheers

andrew

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