back to article Oracle to driver developers: 'Come play with our interface'

Oracle has taken DPI, the data access layer in its node-oracledb driver, refactored it, and used it to give C/C++ developers an API to its Oracle Call Interface. Called ODPI-C, the library, on GitHub, is designed to let those developers write for the Oracle Call Interface (OCI) in the languages with whichi they are most …

  1. Morrie Wyatt
    Pirate

    Tread carefully.

    Given Oracle's history with the Java and the Google lawsuit, would you want to walk into that particular minefield?

  2. CrazyOldCatMan Silver badge

    Given Oracle's history with the Java and the Google lawsuit, would you want to walk into that particular minefield?

    You are not trying to suggest that Oracle would try to sue it's own users or clients? Say it ain't so!

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Talk to me in fortran

    Now we can write queries directly in fortran!

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Talk to me in fortran

      Back to the future. You could call Oracle from FORTRAN in 1996. (Why you would want to is another matter)

      It was called PRO*FORTRAN and used a precompiler.

      They withdrew it at the drop of a hat, forcing me to use PRO*C, and call that from FORTRAN (this was on DEC VMS)

      There are even documents about it still on their documents site.

  4. Loud Speaker

    paywall conditions

    I would, but I found the requirement to hand over my firstborn AND my soul a bit excessive.

  5. David 132 Silver badge

    "adding some polish"

    and says it's going to be conducting more testing and adding “some polish”

    I'm not sure how hiring people from Gdansk would help, but hey.

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