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what does "writing a database" mean?

• tpmx 3y ago
  Building/developing/creating a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database [management system].
  • zabzonk 3y ago
    of course. but i would differentiate between "writing a new database engine" and "designing a database to be implemented using an existing engine (e.g. oracle)"
    • tpmx 3y ago
      I updated the reply.
• samwillis 3y ago
  Writing software to store data, with retrieval and querying APIs, not using any existing database system.
• sdenton4 3y ago
  Does throwing a bunch of csv's in a data store count and using them as a persistent store of knowledge count? If so, I am very guilty.