Re: PostgreSQL port to pure Java?

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> Not to mention it would kill PostgreSQL's current   speedy performance!
>>
>>
> Maybe, maybe not. Modern JVMs have much better performance 
> characteristics than was once the case. Also, some of the things that 
> Java buys you (memory management, threading, for example) might actually 
> enhance performance in some circumstances. A crude port wouldn't work, 
> though - it would have to be done in such a way as to leverage the 
> platform's strengths, just as we leverage the strengths of writing in C.
> 
> The *big* problem would be keeping a Java port in sync with the base. 
> That would make it almost impossible to do in a worthwhile way IMNSHO - 
> the maintenance would be a nightmare.
> 
> It would be an excellent student exercise, though :-)

Jokes and facts aside, I can't help it to think how better it would have been, 
if postgresql was in C++. We could easily plug multiple implementations of 
underlying subsystems without mucking much in base code..
 Wild thought anyways..
 Shridhar