Re: Why isn't Java support part of Postgresql core?

On 09/15/2014 11:00 AM, Rob Sargent wrote:
> On 09/15/2014 11:49 AM, cowwoc wrote:
>> Hi Pavel,
>>
>> On 15/09/2014 1:40 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
>>> The main drivers are:
>>>
>>> 1. Not having to learn yet another language. I find the
>>> expressiveness and readability of the other scripting
>>> languages very clunky compared to Java.
>>>
>>>
>
>> Gili
> I've seen too many good java developers write too much terrible
> database-oriented code. If they are good with db and sql, plpgsql will
> not be a problem to learn.
>

Agreed, plpgsql is SQL with Postgres extensions. I went down this road
with plpythonu. I am comfortable in Python, so I thought it would be
easier to write functions using plpythonu. I actually did this
backwards. I had created a fairly complex function in plpgsql and I
figured I could simplify by using plpythonu. I was well into it when I
had realized I written more code in plpythonu than plpgsql and still was
not close to completing it. I still use plpythonu but only when I need
the dynamic nature of Python or really need to use some Python module.

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