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Re:Make your programs run faster by better using the data ca... by jacknews on Saturday June 24, 2023 @11:27AM (#36459491)
Sure at a conceptual level all stored data, even transitory, is a database, but I don't think that's a helpful analysis here, for a start current databases are far too limited.

A database implies a separate runtime system to manage data, whereas this is data storage within a program, part of 'data-structures and algorithms'.

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Re:Make your programs run faster by better using the data ca... by ttymck on Saturday June 24, 2023 @11:58AM (#36459775)
Sure, but you're describing a fully functional database integrated with a fully functional programming language.

Just because you're describing a possibly novel integration of those two systems doesn't mean it's not valuable to consider the prior art for both constituent pieces.

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