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

On 16 September 2014 03:07, David G Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> cowwoc wrote
> > On 15/09/2014 2:02 PM, lup [via PostgreSQL] wrote:
> >> On 09/15/2014 11:49 AM, cowwoc wrote:
> >>> I think developers choosing this route (myself included) are willing
> >>> to pay the price in exchange for improved readability/maintainability
> >>> (the assumption being that the resulting performance will be "good
> >>> enough"). There seem to be plenty of people heading in this direction
> >>> otherwise other languages (like pl/v8) wouldn't enjoy the popularity
> >>> they do.
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >
> > lup,
> >
> > Then does Postgresql support languages other than pl/pgsql? I'm not
> > trying to tear down pl/pgsql, simply pointing out that there is strong
> > demand for other languages as well.
> >
> > And to answer Pavel's earlier point: the lack of developers getting
> > behind pl/java and JDBC driver does not equate the lack of demand for
> > those tools. For every one person contributing patches, there are 1000s
> > who do not but are more than happy to use the finished work.
> >
> > Gili
>
> I'm singing with the choir here but getting some of those thousand bodies
> contributing to both pl/java and existing or "next generation" Jdbc drivers
> would be nice.

What do you mean by the "next generation"?

- Szymon