Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bZhgn-0006Z3-5G for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:58:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bZhgm-000708-3V for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:58:08 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bZhgk-0006zG-GW for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:58:06 +0000 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com ([2604:da00:2:2:5054:ff:fe07:7618]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bZhgc-0007Kw-FV for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:58:04 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.60] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B78F417C; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 09:57:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from c-73-225-27-179.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([73.225.27.179] helo=[192.168.1.60]) by assp.commandprompt.com with SMTPSA(TLSv1_2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256) (2.5.1); 16 Aug 2016 09:57:41 -0700 Subject: Re: [GENERAL] C++ port of Postgres To: Robert Haas , Jim Nasby References: <007001d1f786$d903fa90$8b0befb0$@andl.org> <00a52208-3199-5858-8846-2530b0bb34df@archidevsys.co.nz> Cc: Gavin Flower , dandl , Adam Brusselback , Joy Arulraj , kang joni , Dmitry Igrishin , Pg Hackers , Peter Eisentraut From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. Message-ID: Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 09:57:39 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Assp-Version: 2.5.1(16177) on assp.commandprompt.com X-Assp-ID: assp.commandprompt.com m1-66665-03630 X-Assp-Session: 7F0CB4671908 (mail 1) X-Assp-Original-Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] C++ port of Postgres X-Assp-Client-SSL: yes X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-hackers Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org On 08/16/2016 09:33 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Jim Nasby wrote: >> On 8/16/16 2:52 AM, Gavin Flower wrote: > I agree with your statement that one of our biggest problems is > getting more developers interested in working on PostgreSQL. Even if > there's only a 10% chance that something like this will help, why not? > We're not talking about moving the earth. Right. It is just reality that less people are learning C which means less people will be interested in joining a project that is focused or (required) to be C. Sincerely, JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. http://the.postgres.company/ +1-503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. Everyone appreciates your honesty, until you are honest with them. Unless otherwise stated, opinions are my own. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers