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InterBase[1] was a popular database at one point, the appealing feature to me was that it didn't overwrite data, but kept versions of data, with a pointer to th
by mikewarot 3y ago
InterBase[1] was a popular database at one point, the appealing feature to me was that it didn't overwrite data, but kept versions of data, with a pointer to the current version being the only actually overwritten value on disk.
Such a system could be highly useful these days, in the times of almost infinite storage.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterBase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterBase