On 02/03/16 12:12, Noel Grandin wrote: > > > On 2016/03/02 2:11 PM, Michael Stahl wrote: >> >> personally i'd be inclined towards alternatives that are less likely to >> trigger toolchain problems - maybe there's a SQL database implemented >> in, say, Java somewhere... >> > > Maybe even one that shares a committer with LO ? > :-)
Sounds like I ought to get my finger out :-) I want to write a NoSQL database (a Pick derivative) and the plan is to do it and make it part of LibreOffice. Problem is, as a carer, I find it very hard to get the time available to concentrate, and I also don't have all the skills I need. Anyways, I will try and have a crack at it - life seems to be getting a bit easier at the moment - and see where it takes us. For those who know me, I am very much anti relational practice - imho it's impossible to write an efficient truly relational database - the theory has technical flaws that seriously impact any FNF engine. Basically, that (in contravention of Einstein's dictum) the engine is *too* *simple*, which means that any applications *must* be *overly* *complex*. I'll wax lyrical if you like but you'd be wise not to get me started :-) My main problem is that a Pick database is actually a complete operating environment. Fundamental to its operation is its language, called DATABASIC, and while I could probably write the database engine without too much difficulty, writing the language compiler is a step too far at the moment. Anyways, here's to having a go - if anyone's mad enough to join me, great! Cheers, Wol _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
