Related post from Jim https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amorphousdb-rethinking-relational-database-jim-starkey/
On Sat, Apr 2, 2022 at 10:22 PM Jim Starkey <j...@jimstarkey.net> wrote: > With due recognition that it is not strictly Firebird related, Ann and I > finally put together a white paper on what I've been working on for > close to the last decade. It's less of an attack on the relational data > model than the sowing possibilities of relaxing the various dogmas of > the relational data model. So take it as a collection of seriously > heretical ideas that may -- or may not -- have influence on Firebird > going forward. Things that might be particularly interesting are the > API and security model. Sublists would be a huge boon, but probably > impossible to shoehorn into SQL. > > It's quite interesting comparing the advances in computing platforms -- > a Raspberry Pi is well more than 5,000 times the performance of the VAX > 780 on which I wrote the original JRD to advances in thinking about data > and database systems -- basically none. > > I'm be more than happy to discuss the ideas, maybe even some issues > around implementation. Just don't ask what I plan to do with, 'cause at > the moment I haven't a clue. > > Enjoy -- or not. > > -- > Jim Starkey, AmorphousDB, LLC > Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel >
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