On May 24, 1:38 pm, hasta..._at_hotmail.com wrote:
> On 24 mai, 17:51, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
>
> > hasta..._at_hotmail.com wrote:
> > Not if done properly?
>
> > Consider that Oracle supports this very same database on multiple
> > versions of Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP/UX, AIX, etc. And they do
> > it with essentially one code base while taking advantage of those
> > aspects of each that are product specific.
>
> Getting your point a bit late...
>
> 1. I would hold that oracle does not actually use Windows
> to it fullest (notably in the user interface area)
>
> 2. Even when ignoring the incompatibility of SP languages,
> I dont see how to build a tiny compatibility layer. If a bulk
> collect is fast for database A, and a loop is fast for database
> B, well, you have to rewrite all looping code. You cannot really
> abstract a loop (in standard procedural languages)
>
> --- Raoul
Just out of curiosity: is any of the various implementations of JVMs
platform independent? (i.e. the same JVM implementation working
against Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, etc.).
Received on Thu May 24 2007 - 13:44:05 CDT
