Re: Experimental patch: generating BKI revisited - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Experimental patch: generating BKI revisited
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Msg-id 603c8f070911130754m7c4621act86625c8c1c6b44c0@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Experimental patch: generating BKI revisited  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: Experimental patch: generating BKI revisited
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On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> I had a look at this some time ago and I must admit that I find it
> pretty interesting.  The technology choices make it
> obviously impossible to merge -- not only the particular Perl modules
> used, but the mere fact that Perl is used (and that such a recent
> version is required).  But you're already aware of all this so I'm not
> going to say more.

Really?  Perl is a show-stopper?  That seems harsh.  Perl is pretty
ubiquitous - in fact, given that we now support Windows, arguably more
so than awk.

...Robert


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