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So like a Lisp, APL, or Smalltalk program image, but with SQL as the driving force. Everything old is new again. And I don't mean it in a disparaging way. Ther

So like a Lisp, APL, or Smalltalk program image, but with SQL as the driving force. Everything old is new again. And I don't mean it in a disparaging way. There's lots of "old" ideas that are simply great ideas that did not win on their own time but might come back with force in the future.

kqr 1mo ago
Right! As I was reading I was thinking of ways to evolve this, and one idea kept coming back: What if we don't store compiled code in the SQLite database, but something primitive like s-expressions representing code? Then we could update definitions live as regular INSERTs. Then I realised I'd reinvented Lisp.