On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 03:51:58PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > On 10/15/2012 03:23 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > >I have trouble seeing how we could implement Postgres as efficiently > >without C macros, but maybe that is the point --- efficiency is not > >critical in SQL --- Java and C++ give other options that are "good > >enough" and less error-prone. > > > > > > Er, C++ uses the preprocessor. In fact, C++ was originally created > as a set of preprocessor macros, IIRC.
I assumed from the emails that macros were discouraged in C++; I don't know myself personally. I certainly would miss macro abilities in C. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
