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Re:Datomic Cloud by dragandj on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @02:07PM (#16170746)
Then Datomic should at least release their own, properly done and fair, benchmarks.
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Re:Datomic Cloud by mschaef on Thursday January 18, 2018 @07:53AM (#16176685)
You say that like it's an easy thing to do.

For a relatively novel data model with potentially unusual performance characteristics, the chance of finding a properly done, fair, and generally understandable benchmark is virtually impossible.

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Re:Datomic Cloud by fulafel on Sunday January 21, 2018 @03:46AM (#16197353)
I think the model from the user point of view has been seen many times over the years.

See eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SPARQL_implementations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datalog#Systems_implementing_D...

Also the various RDF things from the days of semantic web enthusiasm.

For active competitors, maybe the various GraphQL things and

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