I'll throw in "embedded", but I'd vote for "self contained" too :-)
> On 27. Jan 2020, at 23:57, Jay Kreibich <j...@kreibi.ch> wrote: > > I often describe it as “self contained.” > > -j > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 27, 2020, at 4:19 PM, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: >> >> For many years I have described SQLite as being "serverless", as a way >> to distinguish it from the more traditional client/server design of >> RDBMSes. "Serverless" seemed like the natural term to use, as it >> seems to mean "without a server". >> >> But more recently, "serverless" has become a popular buzz-word that >> means "managed by my hosting provider rather than by me." Many >> readers have internalized this new marketing-driven meaning for >> "serverless" and are hence confused when they see my claim that >> "SQLite is serverless". >> >> How can I fix this? What alternative word can I use in place of >> "serverless" to mean "without a server"? >> >> Note that "in-process" and "embedded" are not adequate substitutes for >> "serverless". An RDBMS might be in-process or embedded but still be >> running a server in a separate thread. In fact, that is how most >> embedded RDBMSes other than SQLite work, if I am not much mistaken. >> >> When I say "serverless" I mean that the application invokes a >> function, that function performs some task on behalf of the >> application, then the function returns, *and that is all*. No threads >> are left over, running in the background to do housekeeping. The >> function does send messages to some other thread or process. The >> function does not have an event loop. The function does not have its >> own stack. The function (with its subfunctions) does all the work >> itself, using the callers stack, then returns control to the caller. >> >> So what do I call this, if I can no longer use the word "serverless" >> without confusing people? >> >> "no-server"? >> "sans-server"? >> "stackless"? >> "non-client/server"? >> >> >> -- >> D. Richard Hipp >> d...@sqlite.org >> _______________________________________________ >> sqlite-users mailing list >> sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org >> http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
