On 2009-04-04 18:11, ow...@netptc.net wrote:
[snip]
If you're just interested in how things work, a rather unique
approach is that used by Terradata (now sold a couple of times),
based on a Cal Tech PhD thesis by Phil Neches.
Dedicated database machines with circuits hardwired for relational
operations were a valid niche back in the mid-80s thru mid-90s, but
Moore's Law applied to GP CPUs and DRAM finally overcame the speed gap.
I worked on a Britton-Lee back around Desert Storm/Shield. The USNR
kept all their personnel training/readiness detail in such a machine
connected to a VAXcluster.
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Scooty Puff, Sr
The Doom-Bringer
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