Re: Deprecating RULES - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Deprecating RULES
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Msg-id 507C695E.60807@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: Deprecating RULES  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Deprecating RULES  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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On 10/15/2012 03:23 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I have trouble seeing how we could implement Postgres as efficiently
> without C macros, but maybe that is the point --- efficiency is not
> critical in SQL --- Java and C++ give other options that are "good
> enough" and less error-prone.
>
>

Er, C++ uses the preprocessor. In fact, C++ was originally created as a 
set of preprocessor macros, IIRC.

cheers

andrew




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