There doesn't seem to be much discussion here. The interesting thing for me is actually that this paper is a part of the larger "Readings in Databse Systems"[1]

There doesn't seem to be much discussion here. The interesting thing for me is actually that this paper is a part of the larger "Readings in Databse Systems"[1], a book composed of thin chapters discussing certain "mandatory" papers that you must read, if you want to have a deeper understanding of database systems. It has been posted a lot on HN[2], but never quite got attention. [1] http://www.redbook.io/ch1-background.html [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15436647