Re: Why isn't Java support part of Postgresql core?

cowwoc wrote
> On 15/09/2014 2:02 PM, lup [via PostgreSQL] wrote:
>> On 09/15/2014 11:49 AM, cowwoc wrote:
>>> I think developers choosing this route (myself included) are willing
>>> to pay the price in exchange for improved readability/maintainability
>>> (the assumption being that the resulting performance will be "good
>>> enough"). There seem to be plenty of people heading in this direction
>>> otherwise other languages (like pl/v8) wouldn't enjoy the popularity
>>> they do.
>>>
>>> Gili
>> I've seen too many good java developers write too much terrible
>> database-oriented code.  If they are good with db and sql, plpgsql
>> will not be a problem to learn.
>
> lup,
>
> Then does Postgresql support languages other than pl/pgsql? I'm not
> trying to tear down pl/pgsql, simply pointing out that there is strong
> demand for other languages as well.
>
> And to answer Pavel's earlier point: the lack of developers getting
> behind pl/java and JDBC driver does not equate the lack of demand for
> those tools. For every one person contributing patches, there are 1000s
> who do not but are more than happy to use the finished work.
>
> Gili

I'm singing with the choir here but getting some of those thousand bodies
contributing to both pl/java and existing or "next generation" Jdbc drivers
would be nice.