Re: PostgreSQL future ideas

> I don't think so. Firebird rewrote their entire kernel to be
> C++ and in doing so, lost a lot of maturity along-the-way

I would not make any sense to put/group functions in one or more classes
without using the OO patterns. I guess this is what Firebird has done.

> Similarly switching to another language would require
> a large number of people not only familiar with Postgres
> internals, but also in the new programming language; it
> wouldn't make sense to switch to something like C++ and not
> make full use of the language.

True. It would be an enormous task...

> I don't see how you think it will help. Most universities
> (here in the US at least), are shying away from teaching
> C/C++. So, in the long run, I don't see how that would
> really help us get more developer involvement.

Unless I am very off. C++ is a natural choice when porting (upgrading) ANSI
C application.
As far as I know, most universities teach some sort of OO programming
language like JAVA or C# to help students understand OO programming.
I understand that C++ is less popular but JAVA/C# would be the wrong choice
for this.

Regards,
Gevik.

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> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Gevik Babakhani
> <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl> wrote:
> > It might look like an impossible goal to achieve.. But if
> there is any
> > serious plan/idea/ammo for this, I believe it would be very
> beneficial
> > to the continuity of PG.
>
> I don't think so. Firebird rewrote their entire kernel to be
> C++ and in doing so, lost a lot of maturity along-the-way
> IMHO. Similarly switching to another language would require
> a large number of people not only familiar with Postgres
> internals, but also in the new programming language; it
> wouldn't make sense to switch to something like C++ and not
> make full use of the language.
>
> I don't see how you think it will help. Most universities
> (here in the US at least), are shying away from teaching
> C/C++. So, in the long run, I don't see how that would
> really help us get more developer involvement.
>
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> Jonah H. Harris, Senior DBA
> myYearbook.com
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