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They were not first. ISAM and VSAM come to mind. Yes it says "files" in there a lot but it got used like a database with programming interfaces like finding re
by tharkun__ 3y ago
They were not first.
ISAM and VSAM come to mind. Yes it says "files" in there a lot but it got used like a database with programming interfaces like finding records in a database. If you will this method is more like NoSQL databases than a relational DB. The I in ISAM was a step towards not having to know the key (true "NoSQL"). Kind of like today's NoSQL databases all also give the ability to add indexes now.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISAM https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISAM