RE: PL/java?

You make a good point about Java not being "portable" (the JVM not being
fully portable anyways). That could certainly be enough reason to not
benefit the PostgreSQL community as a whole. It _is_ a shame that Java 2
hasn't made it over to other platforms yet.

Although, I haven't thought about it much, but I'm not sure I see any
advantages of using Java over PG/plsql. Other than streamlining _some_
development since developers in a Java shop would know Java, I don't
see any language-specific advantages.

(Oh by the way, my two previous posts have been delayed since I sent them
from the wrong email address)

-Knight

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Dr. Evil
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 1:03 PM
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PL/java?



> If you can afford to learn another language, and get some time to put it =
> to
> practical use, I suggest that you take a closer look at Java... or IMHO, =
> atleast
> don't knock it until you have substancial reasoning.

I agree.  java is a great language.  The biggest problem with java?
Lack of portability!  Yes, that's right, it's not portable!  If you
are using Linux or a commercial OS of some kind, you have great java
support, but under FreeBSD or OpenBSD?  Good luck getting Java 2 to
work!

But it's still a great language and I'm moving all my stuff from PHP
to Java.

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