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> An API that maps to the underlying data-structure (btree, ranges, cursors), is bar-none simpler than an API that abtracts the underlying data structure away (
by jamesaguilar 16y ago
> An API that maps to the underlying data-structure (btree, ranges, cursors), is bar-none simpler than an API that abtracts the underlying data structure away (like any SQL does).
That may be true in this specific case (I'm not saying either way), but it does not hold generally. For example, APIs involving directories and files are simpler than APIs involving inodes and blocks.