Re:Shakti, the new data platform from Arthur Whitney
by anonu on Monday December 02, 2019 @06:47AM
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Interesting rant.
Your function pyth_sq:{x^2+y^2} should be pyth_sq:{(x xexp 2)+y xexp 2}.
While you're right about all the idiosyncrasies with the overloading and error messages, they tend to melt away when you get a hang of it.
The language is only partly the cool thing. The real power of Kdb is, IMHO, the ability to quikly get a distributed "app engine" on it's feet. App engine with hot code swapping and 0 downtime.
Your function pyth_sq:{x^2+y^2} should be pyth_sq:{(x xexp 2)+y xexp 2}.
While you're right about all the idiosyncrasies with the overloading and error messages, they tend to melt away when you get a hang of it.
The language is only partly the cool thing. The real power of Kdb is, IMHO, the ability to quikly get a distributed "app engine" on it's feet. App engine with hot code swapping and 0 downtime.