Re: [HACKERS] Data type removal

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Mattias Kregert <matti(at)algonet(dot)se>
Cc: "Thomas G(dot) Lockhart" <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Data type removal
Date: 1998-03-25 16:55:14
Message-ID: Pine.NEB.3.95.980325115459.21154A-100000@hub.org
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On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Mattias Kregert wrote:

> Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
> >
> > With the amount of time being spent in discussion, _still without any
> > quantitative estimates for performance improvement_, it seems like
> > someone should do some measurements. Even without them though it is
> > pretty clear that it won't benefit a large database, since the fraction
> > of time spent constructing a query will be small compared to the time it
> > takes to traverse the tables in the query.
>
> I don't think the main reason for moving things out from the
> core would be performance, but for making it easier to manage
> extensions.

"Easier to manage extensions"??

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