Then there's Gelernter's Linda [1] and it's tuple space model [2], the granddaddy of non-relational data stores: [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_(coordi

Then there's Gelernter's Linda [1] and it's tuple space model [2], the granddaddy of non-relational data stores: [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_(coordination_language) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_(coordination_language) [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuple_space http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuple_space