| From: | Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Mike Toews <mwtoews(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | John Townsend <jtownsend(at)advancedformulas(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Procedural Languages |
| Date: | 2012-06-01 01:30:47 |
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On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 08:13:28AM +1200, Mike Toews wrote:
> On 1 June 2012 02:36, John Townsend <jtownsend(at)advancedformulas(dot)com> wrote:
> > There are least 10 Procedural Languages available for PostGreSQL. The one
> > that comes with the installation is PL/pgSQL.
>
> The count looks closer to 18
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL#Procedural_languages
> but I doubt some get much use (PL/LOLCODE anyone?).
I use PL/LOLCODE... in its test suite, which runs on the rare occasion I make
changes to the language.
For whatever it's worth, PL/LOLCODE wasn't written as a language people would
use in production, but rather as a teaching tool. It taught me rather nicely,
too. :)
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Joshua Tolley / eggyknap
End Point Corporation
http://www.endpoint.com
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