Re: PostgreSQL future ideas

From: Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: "Gevik Babakhani" <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl>
Cc: "'Jonah H(dot) Harris'" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>, "'Dave Page'" <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, "'PGSQL Hackers'" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL future ideas
Date: 2008-09-19 21:09:42
Message-ID: 20080919140942.7b435ef5@jd-laptop
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:01:15 +0200
"Gevik Babakhani" <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl> wrote:

> 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.

I think the better question about all of this is:

What is the problem we are trying to solve?

Providing solutions that are looking for problems doesn't help us.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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