Re: pl/j looking for alpha testers

From: Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
To: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pl/j looking for alpha testers
Date: 2004-04-26 16:49:38
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The reason we are using pl/j instead of pl/java is that the word java is
protected by sun. We chose J, who knew there was a programming language
called J :(

--dc--
On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 15:19, Chris Browne wrote:
> pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com (Dave Cramer) writes:
> > Pl/J is a java procedural language for postgres. We are looking for
> > alpha testers to help us find bugs, and get feedback.
> >
> > The project can be found at
> >
> > http://plj.codehaus.org/
> >
> > Bugs can be reported at
> >
> > http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/BrowseProject.jspa?id=10430
>
> Shouldn't PL/J be an embedding of Ken Iverson's J into PG? :-)
>
> <http://www.jsoftware.com/>
>
> (Many moons ago, I embedded READLINE into J, which made it vastly more
> usable on Unix-like systems...)
>
> [Oh, the languages I'd like as PL/whatever... PL/I could be an
> embedding of Icon; PL/J could be pretty neat; PL/CL... :-)]
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