> It could be done either way. I think it would be far better to
> snarf a JVM that could be integrated (I don't know if there
> is one available under open source with an appropriate license).
>
> One of the nasty implementation issues with a "random" JVM is that
> "native" (meaning non-Java) have to be separate dynamically
> loaded libraries. Get a library to call back into the server
> executable is going to be a little painful. An integrated
> JVM could dispatch to the server without an external library
> call.

Aw, come on. I was wondering a while back whether we should build some UDFs
*into* the engine, but wondering if it wouldn't make the software too bulky.
And we are discussing putting a JVM in it? I really wouldn't be very happy
about it (after all, I would probably go on using UDFs and stored procedures
for most of my needs).

Marcelo Lopez Ruiz