On Sep 20, 2004, at 12:34 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
I think we should favor libpq usage wherever possible and only
re-implement it in the native language when required, like for jdbc/java.
I think having all interfaces take advantage of libpq improvements and
features is a major win. If we need to add things to libpq to make it
easier, fine, but that is minor work compared to maintaining separate
wire protocol for each interface language.
I don't normally post "me too" posts, but I think that what Bruce says here is extremely important. The more drivers can rely on a single, well-developed, and stable API to create a variety of drivers, the less work *everyone* has to do. I think that this kind of pragmatic componentization (to coin a phrase) can only be to the benefit of PostgreSQL.
Regards,
David
PS: And for those who really want a Pure Perl implementation of a PostgreSQL driver in Perl, I suggest you take a look at helping out with DBD::PgPP:
http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-PgPP/
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