Re: [GENERAL] C++ port of Postgres

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
To: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>, Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz>, dandl <david(at)andl(dot)org>, 'Adam Brusselback' <adambrusselback(at)gmail(dot)com>, 'Joy Arulraj' <jarulraj(at)cs(dot)cmu(dot)edu>
Cc: 'kang joni' <kangjoni76(at)gmail(dot)com>, 'Dmitry Igrishin' <dmitigr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] C++ port of Postgres
Date: 2016-08-16 15:52:39
Message-ID: dc660b8e-bf78-9653-c5c1-39331f050d58@iki.fi
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On 08/16/2016 05:47 PM, Jim Nasby wrote:
> I realize there's little technical reason why we *need* C++ support. The
> level if discipline applied to our codebase negates some of the benefits
> of C++. But maintaining the discipline takes a lot of time and effort,
> and makes it more difficult to attract new contributors.

I suspect that it would take as much discipline to keep a C++ codebase
readable, as the current C codebase. If not more.

- Heikki

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