Re: Procedural Languages - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joshua Tolley
Subject Re: Procedural Languages
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Msg-id 4fc81b49.28ea440a.2ac1.29f1@mx.google.com
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In response to Re: Procedural Languages  (Mike Toews <mwtoews@gmail.com>)
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On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 08:13:28AM +1200, Mike Toews wrote:
> On 1 June 2012 02:36, John Townsend <jtownsend@advancedformulas.com> wrote:
> > There are least 10 Procedural Languages available for PostGreSQL. The one
> > that comes with the installation is PL/pgSQL.
>
> The count looks closer to 18
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL#Procedural_languages
> but I doubt some get much use (PL/LOLCODE anyone?).

I use PL/LOLCODE... in its test suite, which runs on the rare occasion I make
changes to the language.

For whatever it's worth, PL/LOLCODE wasn't written as a language people would
use in production, but rather as a teaching tool. It taught me rather nicely,
too. :)

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Joshua Tolley / eggyknap
End Point Corporation
http://www.endpoint.com

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