[ale] OT - Have you an opinion of Apache Cassandra DB

[Michael Trausch]

Sending from my phone, so this will be (relatively) short.

I don't like using Java. I don't like systems and libraries that have it as
a dependency, as a general rule. One exception is Android; I would have
preferred that Android developed a method of using native code. A JIT is
okay, and the fact that Dalvik plays by different rules than HotSpot is
okay by me. But Apple got it right by using native code.

I haven't used Cassandra because it is written in Java. I don't mind
managed runtimes for application prototyping, and even sometimes for Web
applications themselves, but I like things to be native when performance
matters, and databases are one of those things. For that reason, I prefer
PostgreSQL for databases. End of story. (And to those who say that
relations don't work for all apps, I say, "you probably haven't designed it
right".)

This short post from Mr. Trausch is brought to you by Melton's. :)

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On Jan 15, 2012 1:26 PM, "Wolf Halton" <wolf.halton at gmail.com> wrote:

> ... or is it too new to have been interesting.
> I am considering trying to bolt Drupal to it instead of one of the DBs
> they claim to support.
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