Re: [OT] MySQL is bad, but THIS bad?

Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> Mark Woodward wrote:
>> Again, there is so much code for MySQL, a MySQL emulation layer, MEL for
>> short, could allow plug and play compatibility for open source, and closed
>> source, applications that otherwise would force a PostgreSQL user to hold
>> his or her nose and use MySQL.
>>
> If we had infinite resources this might make sense. We don't, so it
> doesn't. There is a real cost to producing a compatibility layer, and
> the cost will be those spiffy new features.

The real problem is that there's a whole lot of stuff, such as mysql's
weak error checking, that I don't think a "compatibility layer" could
sanely provide.

regards, tom lane