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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:03:06 +0200
From: Edmund Mergl <E.Mergl@bawue.de>
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To: Goran Thyni <goran@bildbasen.se>
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Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Re: thread-safe libpq and DBD::Pg
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Goran Thyni wrote:
> 
> Edmund,
> 
> I certainly respect your opinions and take note. We have used your
> DBD::Pg-module
> in several projects here with great success.
> 
> This is the conclusions I have reach:
> 
> * A "pure perl"-interface is useful for
>         - systems without decent C-compiler
>         - systems not supported by libpq
>           (there is already a pure TCL interface, isn't it?)
>         - in other special applications where "pure perl" is preferable.
> * I will release my module, probably called PgSQL since,
>         - I need a "pure perl" interface for a couple of project
>         - The basic module is mostly done already
>         - Why not share?
> * I will *NOT* make a DBD interface, because
>         - I don't need it
>         - the C-code in DBI make the arguments for "pure perl" mute
>         - It would confuse J. Random Looser and friends :-)
> 

ok, I agree. I thought you are just working on a second DBD module
with the additional feature to be thread safe. A pure perl module
is certainly interesting for many people.

Edmund
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