Thread: Design decision curiosity

I am curious as to why it is necessary to add PL/pgSQL as a language
instead of including it by default.
Is it to save space on small systems or???

Since the code necessary PL/pgSQL is very small, it does not seem like
there would be much savings.  I imagine that there is occasionally some
confusion with manuals describing the use of PL/pgSQL and yet the
language does not exist until installation.

"Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.com> writes:
> I am curious as to why it is necessary to add PL/pgSQL as a language
> instead of including it by default.

I believe security was one of the reasons.
        regards, tom lane