From: | Joy Arulraj <jarulraj(at)cs(dot)cmu(dot)edu> |
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To: | Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz> |
Cc: | dandl <david(at)andl(dot)org>, Adam Brusselback <adambrusselback(at)gmail(dot)com>, kang joni <kangjoni76(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dmitry Igrishin <dmitigr(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: C++ port of Postgres |
Date: | 2016-08-16 15:43:36 |
Message-ID: | CABgyVxAZUNjXPiuVdgSrguiGp66_jwFJrPV=K8rcttbicuWb9g@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 3:52 AM, Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz
> wrote:
> On 16/08/16 18:24, dandl wrote:
>
>>
>> Just wondering what the end goal is for this project... Is it to just
>> maintain an up to date Postgres fork that will compile with a C++ compiler?
>> Is it to get a conversation going for a direction for Postgres itself to
>> move? The former I don't see gaining much traction or doing all that much
>> for the state of the project. The latter possibly could if the community
>> gets on board.
>>
>>
I was kind of hoping that this might start off a coversation on getting
postgres to support C++.
> I would certainly hope the latter. Having done some work on extension
>> functions and an extension language for Postgres, the current situation can
>> be quite limiting.
>>
>> ·Parts of my code could only be written in C++, so I finished up with a
>> mixed build, which is not ideal.
>>
>> ·My other issue was dealing with the Datum macros. Type-safe inline C++
>> functions would help reduce dumb errors.
>>
>> Not compelling reasons perhaps, but just a vote for a move in that
>> direction, some time.
>>
>>
I concur.
> Regards
>>
>> David M Bennett FACS
>>
>> /
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> /
>>
>> /Andl - A New Database Language - andl.org/
>>
>> I note that gcc itself is now written in C++, and so is squid (web
> proxy)...
>
> In both cases, part of the motivation to change from C was to appeal to
> new developers - from what I remember of the discussions.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Gavin
>
>
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