Re: rewrite pl/pgsql functions to c - remote job

From: "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Marek Lewczuk" <newsy(at)lewczuk(dot)com>
Cc: "Lista dyskusyjna pgsql-general" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: rewrite pl/pgsql functions to c - remote job
Date: 2007-12-14 13:37:35
Message-ID: b42b73150712140537v4fe14d11ka3f88d85d90d926b@mail.gmail.com
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On Dec 14, 2007 7:50 AM, Marek Lewczuk <newsy(at)lewczuk(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I'm looking for a C developer that is able to rewrite pl/pgsql functions
> to PostgreSQL c functions - because we need better performance we would
> like to have all important functions rewritten to c (looking from
> pl/pgsql point of view they are not complicated, so I thing that an C
> export should do it in a moment). If any of you have time and want to
> earn some money, please write me an email.

Out of curiosity, what are you trying to speed up by moving to C?
some things _are_ faster in C procedures, but usually not in the
manner you would expect. The big reason to write C procedures IMO is
to do things that are normally not possible in other languages.

merlin

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