high level specs on PL ?

Started by George Johnsonabout 25 years ago3 messagesgeneral
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#1George Johnson
gjohnson@jdsc.com

Was just reading list about PL/Python. I checked the manual -- creating new
procedure languages out of the scope of this manual ...

Where to find high level specs on what is/isn't needed to make a new
procedural language?

Attempting to look over pltcl.c made my one eyeball hurt really bad.

With JNI I don't see why PL/Java would be an unreasonable undertaking and
sure-fire way to "Make Friends And Influence People".

Or maybe someone's already done this. GWJ

#2Peter Eisentraut
peter_e@gmx.net
In reply to: George Johnson (#1)
Re: high level specs on PL ?

George Johnson writes:

Where to find high level specs on what is/isn't needed to make a new
procedural language?

The CREATE LANGUAGE reference page contains some pointers.

With JNI I don't see why PL/Java would be an unreasonable undertaking and
sure-fire way to "Make Friends And Influence People".

Theoretically yes, but with current Java implementations it's a very
frustrating experience.

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#3Bruce Momjian
bruce@momjian.us
In reply to: Peter Eisentraut (#2)
Re: high level specs on PL ?

George Johnson writes:

Where to find high level specs on what is/isn't needed to make a new
procedural language?

The CREATE LANGUAGE reference page contains some pointers.

With JNI I don't see why PL/Java would be an unreasonable undertaking and
sure-fire way to "Make Friends And Influence People".

Theoretically yes, but with current Java implementations it's a very
frustrating experience.

Its on the TODO list:

* Allow Java server-side programming

and I agree Java isn't stable enough yet.

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