Re: AVL Databases and Boost Serialization in C++

From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-03-02 14:23:58

On 3/2/2021 4:30 AM, John Maddock via Boost wrote:
> On 01/03/2021 20:25, Edward Diener via Boost wrote:
>> On 3/1/2021 11:03 AM, Benedict NNcNannara via Boost wrote:
>>> AVL Databases were invented in C# and Java in 2016. More recently (2022)
>>> AVL Databases were invented in C++. They were a port of the C# code 
>>> back to
>>> C++. In fact, the port was of a larger system - The Generic Language. 
>>> Boost
>>> Serialization Library was used to serialize a general datatype t in 
>>> set<t>.
>>> This applies to the C++ Variant of AVL Databases, The Generic Language
>>> Compiler uses AVL Databases to store its code. Execution occurs directly
>>> out of the code database, thus no loader is required. In fact the
>>> multithreaded, monolithic runtime is very fast compared to the C# 
>>> version
>>> which is now obsolete.
>>
>> Have you time-traveled from the future to tell us about AVL databases 
>> "invented" in C++ in 2022, and The Generic Language, whatever they are 
>> ? If so maybe you could tell us what the outcome of the covid virus 
>> will be, since you are from the future. I have heard of AVL trees but 
>> AVL databases is a new one on me, but the future evidently promises 
>> many new things. I hope I am writing enough in The Generic Language so 
>> that a person from the future, such as you are, can understand me.
> 
> Google is (un)-enlightening: 
> https://www.quora.com/Why-has-the-world-rejected-AVL-databases
> 
> 
> 

I suspected, but did not realize, that the guy was a nutcase. However I 
was amused by the 2022 reference so I responded with my own idea of 
humor <g>. Thanks for the link above.