> Because such change would require coordinated release of the database
> engine and all drivers that we have (Jaybird, .Net provider, ODBC-JDBC)
> and third-party providers (IBPP, PHP, FIBPlus, IBObjects) to make the
> feature usable everywhere and not distract customers (what if FIBPlus
> will support it, while IBObject won't?). In my opiniton we're simply not
> yet ready for such thing. Too big change, I think.

Let's suppose FB starts to use long names for tables.
An existing application using old drivers/providers will have problems
to connect to a database that *does not* have tables with long names?
If not, i don't see problems to implement this. It will be just a
matter of time for the drivers/providers/applications to adapt to it.
If i use IBO, Delphi and IBExpert, for example, all i need to do is
wait all them to support this feature before starting to use long
names in my tables. If i use some old driver, it's just don't use long
names at all.