On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Greg Smith <g...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On 12/13/2011 08:44 AM, Robert Haas wrote: >> >> Rather, I think the point is that embedded Javascript is *extremely* >> popular, lots and >> lots of people are supporting it, and we ought to seriously consider >> doing the same. It's hard to think of another PL that we could add >> that would give us anywhere near the bang for the buck that Javascript >> would. >> > > > Quite. I hate Javascript with a passion, wish it would just go away and > stop meddling with my life. And even with that context, I think in-core > PL/V8 would be a huge advocacy win. PostgreSQL has this great > developer-oriented PL interface, it just doesn't work out of the box with > any of the "pop" languages right now. > > Personal story on this. When my book came out, I was trying to take the #1 > spot on Packt's bestseller list, even if it was just for a day. Never made > it higher than #2. The #1 spot the whole time was "jQuery 1.4 Reference > Guide", discussing the most popular JavaScript library out there. And you > know what? Over a year later, it's *still there*. At no point did it over > drop out of that top spot. The number of people who would consider > server-side programming suddenly feasible if PL/V8 were easy to do is orders > of magnitude larger than the current PostgreSQL community.
Yeah -- javascript is making strides server-side with technologies like node.js. Like you I have really mixed feelings about javascript -- there's a lot of nastiness but the asynchronous style of coding javascript developers tend to like is a great fit for postgres both inside the backend and in database clients. This is on top of the already nifty type system synergy I mentioned upthread. Postgres would in fact make a wonderful 'nosql' backend with some fancy json support -- document style transmission to/from the backend without sacrificing relational integrity in storage. Properly done this would be a fabulous public relations coup (PostgreSQL = better nosql). merlin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
