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Well, if only we had high-performance data-retrieval systems which were accustomed to limited memory on its 32-bit host. A system like that might be able to stream indexes from a HDD to a couple processes in memory which read it as it comes through. Or even just a successful full-table scan.

We could call it "Postgresql". Or even "Sqlite".

"Well, because it is submersed in a marine environment, I've always called it the Going-Under-The-Water-Safely Device."

-- Leonard da Quirm

RDMBS are the "accesses-the-data-safely" device. This is a failure of architecture.



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