We need the 7.0 style for compatibility with other DB's. Postgres was
"the" pioneer in this area, but similar functionality is now available in other
DB's.
Could you explain? PostgreSQL cant be compatible in C level, why
the SQL compatibility? (I mean the LANGUAGE 'C' specifically)
because as said, it can be any other language besides C and also
the 'AS file' is weird.
This is interesting. It allows us to control the default behavour of
"C". I would vote to default to 7.0-style when no version is used for
7.1, then default to 7.1 style in 7.2 and later. We don't