Re: Annual Oracle World Database Survey

"Billy Verreynne" <vslabs_at_onwe.co.za> wrote in message news:1a75df45.0309070302.53e22c21_at_posting.google.com...
> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote
>
> > How about in addition to? It doesn't really matter what language one
> > uses to address the SQL engine.
>
> Hey, hey! It is *my* fantasy! Sheez... ;-)
>
> Simply put Daniel, there's a lot very good features in the OO Pascal
> language that Delphi implements. I would love to have some of the same
> features in PL/SQL. It will enable me to do things much better and
> cleaner using PL/SQL. Especially on the OO side and abstracting the
> basic SQL layer. And no, Java does not do it for me. (after using
> Pascal for almost two decades on everything from mainframes to PC's
> what do you expect ;-)

Ok how about copying the "Evil Empire" and introducing an intermediate language in the DB, along with associated compilers and an open spec for writing language compilers that compile down to OIL (Oracle Intermediate Language). You could write in PASCAL,COBOL,PLSQL,ADA ... and it would all be equally slick.

Sorry, I'll get me coat and return to the test match.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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