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author: Richard Westhaver <ellis@rwest.io>
date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:35:44 -0400
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 * query langs
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 Queries are extremely important in software development and having a
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 robust query engine is a must for CC.
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 Our goal is to develop a query-language compiler (Q) which can be
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 tuned at compile-time to meet the needs of any database backend.
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 The query languages that interest us most are derived from Prolog
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 (/datalog) and SQL, but we won't be supporting all of their features -
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 only the ones that can be reasonably coerced to all supported frontends.
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 Q will require an Intermediate Representation (IR) - the encoding will
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 be based on S-expressions with a specialized reader.