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Re:A MySQL compatible database engine written in pure Go by zachmu on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @09:50AM (#39990727)
Yes, that's the idea. Writing a simple read only database back end is not too tough.
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Re:A MySQL compatible database engine written in pure Go by davgoldin on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @11:01AM (#39991470)
Why read only? What's stopping this engine from using (for example) FoundationDB as storage?
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Re:A MySQL compatible database engine written in pure Go by zachmu on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @11:33AM (#39991884)
Nothing, it's just quite a bit more complicated to implement a backend that supports writes.
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