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You may want to write that, but why would someone want to use a database that could be 50x faster if it was written in a native language? If you write software
by CyberDildonics 5y ago
You may want to write that, but why would someone want to use a database that could be 50x faster if it was written in a native language? If you write software for yourself in a slow scripting language, that is one thing, but it leaves a huge amount of performance on the table.
This is the same as the problem with electron. People that only know javascript might think it is great to embed a full web browser, but it is selfish to users to push something that they think will run at a normal speed only to have it use 100x the memory and lag during simple operations.
- adsharma 5y agoThe transpiler could in theory generate code in the native language. You can see for yourself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27032399 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27032399 Please file bugs/issues if something isn't working.
- MillenialMan 5y agoLook up Nubank and Datomic. You'll have an aneurysm. (Edit: to be clear, I'm agreeing with you)