Re: plperl extensions

Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
>How mature is the plperl language for writing functions and triggers?
>
>Is it fast? (ie: does the interpreter pre-compiles functions and
>persists?)
>
>I couldn't find any plperl package in the PG-7.0beta5 (the latest)
>debian packages, should I roll my own PG to get it?

I can't work out what its status is. In the source it appears to be
disabled on the grounds that the core group can't get it to work. It will
compile, but I couldn't get it to meet Debian standards. This Perl stuff
is so heavily encapsulated that I can't find out where to change things.

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