Re: [GENERAL] plPHP in core?

Dave Cramer wrote:

> pl-j ( the other java procedural language ) is definately interested
> in being in core.
>
Is it actively developed? Not being rude... I just haven't heard much
(almost nothing) about it.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake



> Dave
>
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org> writes:
>>
>>
>>> On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Are we interested in having plPHP in core?
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Is there a reason why it can no longer operate as a standalone
>>> language out of pgfoundry, like pl/java and pl/perl?
>>>
>>
>>
>> PLs are sufficiently tightly tied to the core that it's probably
>> easier to maintain them as part of our core CVS than otherwise.
>> (Ask Joe Conway about PL/R.  Thomas Hallgren is probably not that
>> happy about maintaining pl/java out of core, either.  And pl/perl
>> *is* in core.)
>>
>> I'm thinking that a pl/PHP is much more interesting for the long term
>> than, say, pl/tcl (mind you, I am a Tcl partisan from way back, but
>> I see that many people are not so enlightened).  Barring any licensing
>> problems I think this is something to pursue.
>>
>>             regards, tom lane
>>
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