Client (only) db Sequential db On Mon, Jan 27, 2020, 5:27 PM Peter da Silva <res...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Local? > > On Mon, 27 Jan 2020, 16:19 Richard Hipp, <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > > > For many years I have described SQLite as being "serverless", as a way > > to distinguish it from the more traditional client/server design of > > RDBMSes. "Serverless" seemed like the natural term to use, as it > > seems to mean "without a server". > > > > But more recently, "serverless" has become a popular buzz-word that > > means "managed by my hosting provider rather than by me." Many > > readers have internalized this new marketing-driven meaning for > > "serverless" and are hence confused when they see my claim that > > "SQLite is serverless". > > > > How can I fix this? What alternative word can I use in place of > > "serverless" to mean "without a server"? > > > > Note that "in-process" and "embedded" are not adequate substitutes for > > "serverless". An RDBMS might be in-process or embedded but still be > > running a server in a separate thread. In fact, that is how most > > embedded RDBMSes other than SQLite work, if I am not much mistaken. > > > > When I say "serverless" I mean that the application invokes a > > function, that function performs some task on behalf of the > > application, then the function returns, *and that is all*. No threads > > are left over, running in the background to do housekeeping. The > > function does send messages to some other thread or process. The > > function does not have an event loop. The function does not have its > > own stack. The function (with its subfunctions) does all the work > > itself, using the callers stack, then returns control to the caller. > > > > So what do I call this, if I can no longer use the word "serverless" > > without confusing people? > > > > "no-server"? > > "sans-server"? > > "stackless"? > > "non-client/server"? > > > > > > -- > > D. Richard Hipp > > d...@sqlite.org > > _______________________________________________ > > sqlite-users mailing list > > sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
