Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bZgfc-0002aZ-HQ for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:52:52 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bZgfb-00049H-OZ for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:52:51 +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 1bZgfa-00048z-Ps for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:52:50 +0000 Received: from mail-wm0-x229.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c09::229]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bZgfW-0006FH-Qw for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:52:49 +0000 Received: by mail-wm0-x229.google.com with SMTP id i5so177120939wmg.0 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 08:52:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:subject:to:references:cc:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dEyu9B852gRcdxoanEOp7Rv7sowQVDcGNWYLsLDz4v0=; b=ZEiUBI6BJfgKbEk/eBH4wHt/v2Stjs7LAFW/MVHfKhpMq48fSM0FtUk7EDoYDyuBKk Fi57YVYlXoLNqik+ugJUH3aqyYavMA4mFga9PJxwWU0uQZUKyU1dQyjCTyMMsx/wuRIY YimmogYErE0+oDpCg0tUPJbOByxKsfhAZQWR/VjdHD6sYHAbiw9JGfra4lEQDRY1QQDs BWv6ZFz3Xn0j+HZghtbGXq8/hunhZFv/C5nhuZLGNyt3WvcbLtkmygCx5IxBlYiuxKdN 9ka2xycUAOmJSUlYHBvIL7z2KmHaG7ciOEwiIdAMKmH6K6DY7HXti6UC6fJfiaf+nyDF pV5w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:subject:to:references:cc:from:message-id :date:user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dEyu9B852gRcdxoanEOp7Rv7sowQVDcGNWYLsLDz4v0=; b=UlX5rWkcxZKDTXgTfwXjnmqClUQipz/70HvrUwCBSHfPAUGi78k1xWa/6/PrJvy1PZ 0GXOdJEL1eWmrcp272OcXTutjwFc1+6gK26KlqSW59evPgSJoKXduBaG5Q8KOXYDH9y+ DSACQCHRSrS3DrlHptETm/hToDsjZeexoSMJjJeiWqjsk6MPufk1NuT3Jl/oxgDC16qN LCxgMxUyXjUjWhuF5+3YSf5Xk7sDo9lZPNh00c7HHNw25vAFA1DlTgT7jZjC7WtAEfAM PHxd4oHRWuuRHV+IuvOd6tWoOvx9EnucYlIzqJl51DhVA8WKrDaXjje2KChHqoX8iwmi PR2A== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoousKJjNF0nDSOhHp+VCGjhYsxX2s18RQJDNa5CIwuLD8saxs6KSkEhrZz2gscZlYCQ== X-Received: by 10.28.50.3 with SMTP id y3mr23259245wmy.23.1471362764353; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 08:52:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.111] (dsl-hkibrasgw1-58c38f-82.dhcp.inet.fi. [88.195.143.82]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b130sm16089145wmg.19.2016.08.16.08.52.42 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 16 Aug 2016 08:52:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [GENERAL] C++ port of Postgres To: Jim Nasby , Gavin Flower , dandl , 'Adam Brusselback' , 'Joy Arulraj' References: <007001d1f786$d903fa90$8b0befb0$@andl.org> <00a52208-3199-5858-8846-2530b0bb34df@archidevsys.co.nz> Cc: 'kang joni' , 'Dmitry Igrishin' , Pg Hackers , Peter Eisentraut From: Heikki Linnakangas Message-ID: Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 18:52:39 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/45.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) 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 05:47 PM, Jim Nasby wrote: > I realize there's little technical reason why we *need* C++ support. The > level if discipline applied to our codebase negates some of the benefits > of C++. But maintaining the discipline takes a lot of time and effort, > and makes it more difficult to attract new contributors. I suspect that it would take as much discipline to keep a C++ codebase readable, as the current C codebase. If not more. - Heikki -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers