On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 16:37 -0400, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:57:36 +0100
> "Dave Page" <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Gevik Babakhani <pgdev@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > > Has there been any idea to port PG to a more modern programming language
> > > like C++? Of course there are some minor obstacles like a new OO design,
> >
> > The plan is to start porting it to Java after the next release -
> > probably at the beginning of April.
>
> I don't think that we should rush into any one language without
> checking the alternatives. Personally I think we should port everything
> to Intercal.
We should rewrite it to something that has no visual noise, so
attracting new developers would be easier.
My choice would be whitespace , see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_(programming_language)
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Hannu Krosing
