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Don't get me wrong - it's not a question I'd ask myself, but I think you'd get some interesting answers. I'm fairly sure with that starting question I'd be able
by aidos 9y ago
Don't get me wrong - it's not a question I'd ask myself, but I think you'd get some interesting answers. I'm fairly sure with that starting question I'd be able to have a conversation that gave me a pretty good idea about how well someone knew databases.
Do they talk about tables? What about indexes? How about sql? Do they ask enquire about the requirements / data model?
- marcosdumay 9y ago> Do they talk about tables? What about indexes? How about sql? Interesting, because as soon as I got over the "why the hell do you want to create a new DBMS?" question, my first thought was about filesystems. I haven't digged into any DBMS to look at, but all those you point look so easy when compared to atomic data writing...
- mlnj 9y agoIf someone started with 'How would you write a database?', I would just talk about simple csv reader n writer with no other promises and be done with it. Everything else is a feature.