Re: [HACKERS] Data type removal

On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Mattias Kregert wrote:

> Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
> >  
> > With the amount of time being spent in discussion, _still without any
> > quantitative estimates for performance improvement_, it seems like
> > someone should do some measurements. Even without them though it is
> > pretty clear that it won't benefit a large database, since the fraction
> > of time spent constructing a query will be small compared to the time it
> > takes to traverse the tables in the query.
> 
> I don't think the main reason for moving things out from the
> core would be performance, but for making it easier to manage
> extensions.

	"Easier to manage extensions"??