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> Any random access structured programming language completely breaks down for working with GBs of data, in parallel and on a cluster of machines. Why would yo
by the8472 6y ago
> Any random access structured programming language completely breaks down for working with GBs of data, in parallel and on a cluster of machines.
Why would you need a cluster of machines to work on mere gigabytes? You can get single-processor machines with terabytes of ram. Even laptops come with 64GB now.
- oblio 6y agoYeah, big data these days should be petabytes of data or at most high hundreds of terabytes coupled with very intensive access patterns.
- sebastialonso 6y agoIt's almost like the parent comment is just putting keywords together instead of a coherent argument!