Re: plperl extensions

Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
  >How mature is the plperl language for writing functions and triggers?
  >
  >Is it fast? (ie: does the interpreter pre-compiles functions and
  >persists?)
  >
  >I couldn't find any plperl package in the PG-7.0beta5 (the latest)
  >debian packages, should I roll my own PG to get it?

I can't work out what its status is.  In the source it appears to be
disabled on the grounds that the core group can't get it to work.  It will
compile, but I couldn't get it to meet Debian standards.  This Perl stuff
is so heavily encapsulated that I can't find out where to change things.

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