On 01/09/2017 05:54 PM, Joel Jacobson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Jim Nasby <jim.na...@bluetreble.com> wrote: >> I do wonder if there are parts of the codebase that would be much better >> suited to a language other than C, and could reasonably be ported. >> Especially if that could be done in such a way that the net result is still >> C code so we're not adding dependencies to non developers (similar to >> bison). >> >> Extensions are a step in that direction, but they're ultimately not core >> Postgres (which is a different issue). > > I think this is a great idea! > > That way the amount of C code could be reduced over time, > while safely extending the official version with new functionality on > the surface, > without increasing the amount of C code.
Even if you don't ever end up touching core Postgres, being able to write extensions in languages other than C (like, full-featured extensions) would be its own benefit. Why not start there? That is, assuming that Joel has gobs of time to work on this? For that matter, I know that Jeff Davis is quite fond of Rust. -- -- Josh Berkus Red Hat OSAS (any opinions are my own) -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
