Paul,

> Integrating a PL/SQL byte-code engine into FB is progressing nicely.
> One of the next steps will be to move the Oracle-style SQL parser to
> the engine, say as dialect 4.

This needs some serious discussion.

The thought of adding another dialect is not terribly attractive to me.
There may be no other choice, in the end, but it should be discussed
(here or the dev list).

Sean