Re: pl/Ruby, deprecating plPython and Core

Joshua,
There's some material that explains the inner workings on the
gborg.postgresql.org/project/pljava site. Beyond that (and trying it out
of course), I'd be more then happy to answer any questions.

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren

Joshua D. Drake wrote:

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>> I think you should take a closer look at PL/Java for the following
>> reasons:
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>> 1. The number of followers of the Java language is extremely high and
>> increasing.
>> 2. Oracle and DB2 offers Java as a procedural language. You make
>> transisitions easy.
>> 3. There's a SQL standard for the mapping between the SQL and Java
>> language.
>> 4. Middle-tier code is often written in Java and can often be moved
>> to functions and stored procedures without a rewrite.
>> 5. PL/Java already provide both trusted and untrusted language handlers.
>> 6. PL/Java has a community of over 70 members and increasing.
>> 7. PL/Java has no license issue.
>> 8. The author of PL/Java would be happy to maintain it in core.
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> These are all very good reasons. I would honestly have to know more
> about how PL/Java works to make a decision.
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> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
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>>
>> Regards,
>> Thomas Hallgren
>>
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