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.
