On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 13:41 +0800, Craig Ringer wrote: > John R Pierce wrote: > > is pl/java kind of dead? I don't see much activity since years ago. > > I've been a bit worried about that myself. With OpenJDK and a GPL java, > it makes a lot of sense to make Java a first-class PL in PostgreSQL. > There's a fair bit of activity from Java-using users, and there's not > really much reason Java should be restricted to the client side when the > same language can work well server-side too. > > Not to mention all those Oracle users out there who're hooked on the stuff. > > Of course, Java is extremely thread-happy and PostgreSQL is extremely > *not*, so perhaps there are reasons it doesn't seem to see much work. If > it's anything like working on an embedded Python interpreter... Mostly, I think you will find that the back end developers aren't fond of Java and thus, it doesn't get much love. There is a reason that plPerl is king in this community (and I don't even like Perl). Joshua D. Drake > > -- > Craig Ringer > -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 503.667.4564 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
