On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:30 AM, Wolfgang Keller <feliphil@gmx.net> wrote:
>> It's written in Perl. pgAdmin is C++.
>
> I know, but...
>
> A lot of free software (OpenOffice, Gimp, Inkscape...) is written in C++ and integrates e.g. Python scripts. Without
thatthe user has to notice it. Should this be impossible with a Perl script? *duck*
Python has an embeddable interpreter which has a liberal licence which
is compatible with pgAdmin's licence (iirc). Unfortunately, Perl's
licence is not compatible which makes it much less convenient to
provide fully functional binary builds.
> Being able to use autodoc as another reporting tool would be "quite nice".
I don't disagree.
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