From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-07-16T07:58:34+09:00
Subject: Re: scripting language (fwd)

Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> On Friday, July 16, 2004, 5:25:47 AM, Jamis wrote:
> 
> 
>>What I would like is to remove the Oracle client as a dependency, just
>>as the Oracle JDBC (thin) client does. The thin (as opposed to the oci)
>>Oracle JDBC client implements in pure Java the network protocols that
>>communicate with the Oracle database server.
> 
> 
>>This means that the thin client will ultimately be less responsive than
>>the oci client, but its GREAT for working on your own machine.
> 
> 
>>I'm hoping that something like this can be written for Ruby, in Ruby,
>>without the need to create an extension module in C to bridge into the
>>Oracle OCI stuff (which is what the current ruby oracle module does).
> 
> 
> Couldn't the thin client be written in C and then wrapped in every
> scripting language imaginable?  If so, *is* there an Oracle thin
> client library written in C already?
> 
> Gavin

The client *could*, of course be written in C. To my knowledge, such an 
implementation does not exist. (Might be a neat project, in fact.)

However, that still doesn't address the OP's original concern: lack of a 
compiler made a C extension impractical. A *pure Ruby* implementation 
would still be most convenient, though not as efficient.

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