> I don't think so. Firebird rewrote their entire kernel to be > C++ and in doing so, lost a lot of maturity along-the-way
I would not make any sense to put/group functions in one or more classes without using the OO patterns. I guess this is what Firebird has done. > Similarly switching to another language would require > a large number of people not only familiar with Postgres > internals, but also in the new programming language; it > wouldn't make sense to switch to something like C++ and not > make full use of the language. True. It would be an enormous task... > I don't see how you think it will help. Most universities > (here in the US at least), are shying away from teaching > C/C++. So, in the long run, I don't see how that would > really help us get more developer involvement. Unless I am very off. C++ is a natural choice when porting (upgrading) ANSI C application. As far as I know, most universities teach some sort of OO programming language like JAVA or C# to help students understand OO programming. I understand that C++ is less popular but JAVA/C# would be the wrong choice for this. Regards, Gevik. > > -- > Jonah H. Harris, Senior DBA > myYearbook.com > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list > (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jonah H. Harris > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 10:39 PM > To: Gevik Babakhani > Cc: Dave Page; PGSQL Hackers; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL future ideas > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Gevik Babakhani > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It might look like an impossible goal to achieve.. But if > there is any > > serious plan/idea/ammo for this, I believe it would be very > beneficial > > to the continuity of PG. > > I don't think so. Firebird rewrote their entire kernel to be > C++ and in doing so, lost a lot of maturity along-the-way > IMHO. Similarly switching to another language would require > a large number of people not only familiar with Postgres > internals, but also in the new programming language; it > wouldn't make sense to switch to something like C++ and not > make full use of the language. > > I don't see how you think it will help. Most universities > (here in the US at least), are shying away from teaching > C/C++. So, in the long run, I don't see how that would > really help us get more developer involvement. > > -- > Jonah H. Harris, Senior DBA > myYearbook.com > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list > (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers > -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
