amy cheng wrote:
>
> C is good, and in a sense, for OSS we should encourage more C "scripting"
> and "hacking" than script scripting. (perl and PL/pgSQL actually is "bad" in
> this sense). Because IF everybody use C, the use and development will
> inherently related and the dev. speed will
> accelate exponentially. However, C/C++ is difficult (I use
> both C and perl, so I know it). Also, as GOOD excuse, C/C++
> is not safe. So, we need PL SP.
Well, not everyone in this world can work in the C level (I certainly
included myself here), and talking about languages is getting awefully
close to advocacy :) But just think this way though, if C is the route
to go, then why not assembly? When you have an answer of why not, you
also have an answer for C as well :) But OTOH, that's why C programmers
have nothing to fear about all the VB programmers out there... Because
there are jobs only C is appropriate. I am sure you all know this so
ignore my mumbling :)
>
> However, I would like to see data warehouse (or more moderately and
> accurately data mart) support also -- the point: the priority?
>
So, what is the priority? I will argue that SP is a higher priority
than data warehousing. The reason? More people would benefit from SP
than from data warehousing. Moreover, SP will also draw database
administrator's mind-share for PG. Who's going to work with the
database? Administrators & application developers, mostly. And if
there are features which most administrators or developers would
consider lacking, it would be a reason for them to look elsewhere.
W/out them pitching for PG, would PG compete well against commercial
databases? SPI is great and all, but there is a reason why a PL is also
developed. Since the PL is here, then SP is the next logical step :)
Regards,
yin-so chen