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Re:Ask HN: Why are relational DBs are the standard instead o... by junon on Sunday October 03, 2021 @12:51PM (#28738544)
> It isn't going anywhere until it has a high-level query language (including SQL support), query optimization, internationalization, ACID transactions, blob types, backup and recovery, replication, integration with all the major programming languages, scales with memory and CPUs

I would seriously argue that all of these are necessary for a database to be useful. The sad fact is that no graph databases in existence truly act as graph database, without some weird caveat like "you must have schemas".

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Re:Ask HN: Why are relational DBs are the standard instead o... by smitty1e on Sunday October 03, 2021 @01:32PM (#28738885)
At some point, the graph is simplified to a tree.

The tree becomes lumber.

The lumber becomes a table.

At that point, the data on the table become is suitable for human consumption.

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