X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 497E35443B for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 18:04:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 65951-06 for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 21:04:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from floppy.pyrenet.fr (news.pyrenet.fr [194.116.145.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1872254428 for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 18:04:02 -0300 (ADT) Received: by floppy.pyrenet.fr (Postfix, from userid 106) id BAFFF30953; Tue, 10 May 2005 23:01:49 +0200 (MET DST) From: Chris Browne X-Newsgroups: pgsql.performance Subject: Re: Prefetch - OffTopic Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 16:14:05 -0400 Organization: cbbrowne Computing Inc Lines: 16 Message-ID: <607ji6vnxu.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.hub.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Jumbo Shrimp, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:CuwOYA/Ccny8gmv0TAmGhjCclTk= To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.153 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200505/164 X-Sequence-Number: 12328 RMohan@arbinet.com ("Mohan, Ross") writes: > for time-series and "insane fast", nothing beats kdB, I believe > > www.kx.com ... Which is well and fine if you're prepared to require that all of the staff that interact with data are skilled APL hackers. Skilled enough that they're all ready to leap into Whitney's ASCII-based variant, K. -- (format nil "~S@~S" "cbbrowne" "acm.org") http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/functional.html Rules of the Evil Overlord #78. "I will not tell my Legions of Terror "And he must be taken alive!" The command will be: ``And try to take him alive if it is reasonably practical.''"